U.S. Supreme Court Rules Southwest Airlines Cannot Force Wage Suit Into Arbitration June 7, 2022 By Daniel Wiessner Southwest Airlines Co. cannot force a baggage handler’s class action lawsuit over overtime pay into private arbitration, the U.S. Supreme...
Amazon Accused of Obstructing House Probe of Deadly Tornado June 3, 2022 By Spencer Soper and Matt Day Amazon.com Inc. is obstructing a congressional investigation of a deadly December tornado by failing to provide documents about emergency preparedness...
Amazon Workers Close in on California Trial to Recoup Work-at-Home Expenses June 2, 2022 By Malathi Nayak Amazon.com Inc. workers seeking to recoup expenses they incurred while working from home during the pandemic moved a step closer...
Woman Whose Son Was Killed in Illinois Tornado Criticizes Amazon May 5, 2022 The mother of a man who was killed in December when a tornado slammed into an Amazon facility in Illinois...
Amazon Urged to Review Emergency Plans in Wake of Deadly Tornado April 28, 2022 By Spencer Soper Amazon.com Inc. should better prepare workers for extreme weather events, according to federal regulators who investigated a deadly tornado strike...
Amazon CEO Jassy Says He Wants to Improve Warehouse Safety April 18, 2022 In his first letter to Amazon shareholders, CEO Andy Jassy offered a defense of the wages and benefits the company...
Amazon Drone Crashes Hit Jeff Bezos’ Delivery Dreams April 11, 2022 By Spencer Soper and Matt Day Jeff Bezos went on 60 Minutes in 2013 and pledged to fill the skies with a fleet of delivery drones...
Amazon Faces Shareholder Vote on Treatment of Warehouse Workers April 7, 2022 By Simon Jessop Follows SEC backing for vote after guidance change Filed by retail activist platform Tulipshare Amazon.com Inc., the world’s biggest retailer,...
Lawmakers Probing Amazon Labor Practices Following Illinois Tornado Deaths April 5, 2022 By Julia Love The U.S. House Oversight Committee is opening an investigation into Amazon.com’s labor practices during extreme weather events, following the death...
Amazon Cited for Unsafe Work Practices at Washington Fulfillment Center March 24, 2022 Amazon is facing a willful serious violation and a $60,000 fine for knowingly putting workers at risk of injury at...