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Amazon Drivers Join Teamsters in New York, Union Says
Sep 18 2024 // Hundreds of delivery drivers for e-commerce giant Amazon.com have joined the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, seeking improved wages, working conditions and safety standards, the labor union said on Monday. Workers...
Amazon Challenges Labor Board’s Structure in Lawsuit Over Union Election
Sep 6 2024 // Amazon.com sued a U.S. labor board on Thursday, accusing it of illegally interfering in a union election at a New York City warehouse and claiming the agency’s structure violates the U.S. Constitution. The lawsuit...
Amazon Must Face D.C.’s Antitrust Lawsuit, Appeals Court Rules
Aug 26 2024 // An appeals court in Washington, D.C. revived the district’s lawsuit against Amazon.com Inc on Thursday, saying it plausibly claimed the online retailer’s pricing policies illegally stifle competition. The...
Amazon Is Boss of Subcontracted Drivers, Labor Board Prosecutors Say
Aug 23 2024 // Amazon.com Inc. was legally the boss of a group of subcontracted delivery drivers, US labor board prosecutors have concluded, rejecting the company’s claims that workers in its sprawling delivery network aren’t...
US Agency Puts Onus on Amazon for Sale of Hazardous Third-Party Products
Jul 30 2024 // Amazon.com is responsible for hazardous products sold by third-party sellers on its platform under the federal safety law and bears legal responsibility for their recall, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on...
Amazon Says Washington State Injury Case Has Been Dismissed
Jul 29 2024 // A case alleging that Amazon.com Inc. exposed warehouse workers to injuries has been dismissed for lack of evidence, the company said in a statement Thursday. The Washington state Department of Labor and Industries cited...
Amazon Worker Injured Due to Repetitive Tasks Loses Workers’ Compensation Bid
Jul 17 2024 // An Amazon distribution center worker in Virginia whose job entailed repetitive lifting and stowing of items all day and who suffered rotator cuff tears has been denied workers’ compensation benefits because she...
Amazon Must Comply With EEOC’s Pregnancy Bias Probe, Judge Rules
Jul 16 2024 // A New York federal judge has ordered Amazon.com to comply with a subpoena from a U.S. civil rights agency investigating claims that the online retailer discriminated against pregnant warehouse workers. U.S. District Judge...
California Labor Commissioner Cites Amazon $6M for Violating Warehouse Quotas Law
Jun 19 2024 // Amazon failed to meet requirements of California’s Warehouse Quotas law at warehouses in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, according to the Labor Commissioner’s Office. The ofice cited Amazon.com Services...
Thousands of Amazon Drivers File Arbitration Claims for Unpaid Wages, Other Losses
Jun 13 2024 // Thousands of delivery drivers filed legal claims against Amazon, alleging the company’s classification of them as independent contractors instead of employees has led to unpaid wages and other financial losses. Two...
Amazon Accused of Misusing Small Sellers’ Data in $1.3 Billion UK Lawsuit
Jun 7 2024 // Amazon is facing a one billion-pound ($1.3 billion) collective lawsuit from British retailers who allege that the online marketplace misused their data to boost its own market share and profits. The British Independent...
Wisconsin Supreme Court: Amazon Drivers Can Be Declared Employees
Mar 28 2024 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday let stand a lower court ruling that declared some delivery drivers for Amazon were employees as the state argued, not independent contractors as the online...
Amazon Joins Companies Arguing NLRB Is Unconstitutional
Feb 20 2024 // Amazon.com has joined rocket maker SpaceX and grocery chain Trader Joe’s in claiming that a U.S. labor agency’s in-house enforcement proceedings violate the U.S. Constitution, as the retail giant faces scores...
Amazon Staff Allege Retaliation in Pay Gap Discrimination Suit
Feb 12 2024 // Amazon.com Inc. allegedly retaliated against three female employees — including firing one and placing another on a performance plan — after they sued the company for discrimination, the plaintiffs said in new court...
Amazon Steers Consumers to Higher-Priced Items, Lawsuit Claims
Feb 9 2024 // Amazon.com was sued in a proposed U.S. class action accusing the online retailer of violating a consumer protection law by steering hundreds of millions of shoppers to higher-priced items in order to earn extra...
Mississippi Lawmakers Approve Incentives for 2 Large Amazon Data Centers
Jan 30 2024 // JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers met in special session last week and quickly approved job training money and other state incentives to support a plan by Amazon Web Services to spend $10 billion to build two...
Climate Change Drives Amazon Rainforest’s Record Drought: Study
Jan 26 2024 // Climate change is the main culprit for a record drought in the Amazon rainforest that has drained rivers, killed endangered dolphins and upended life for millions of people in the region, according to a study released on...
Amazon Pulls Plug on UK Home Insurance Venture
Jan 25 2024 // Amazon has pulled the plug on its UK home insurance venture – a comparison website – after launching in October 2022. “Over the last year, we have been evaluating various businesses and programs, and as a part of...
French Regulator Fines Amazon for ‘Intrusive’ Staff Surveillance
Jan 23 2024 // French regulator CNIL said on Tuesday it had fined Amazon France Logistique 32 million euros ($35 million) for what the CNIL said was an “excessively intrusive” surveillance system set up to monitor the...
Amazon Asks Judge to Dismiss FTC Lawsuit, Says No Consumer Harm Shown
Dec 11 2023 // Amazon.com asked a federal court on Friday to dismiss a U.S. government antitrust lawsuit which accuses the company of using illegal strategies to boost profits at its online retail empire, including an algorithm that...
