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...
U.S. House Panel Refers Amazon to Justice Department Amid Competition Probe March 9, 2022 By Aditya Kalra Five members of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee have asked the U.S. Department Of Justice (DOJ) to investigate Amazon.com Inc...
COVID Underscores Lack of Whistleblower Protections February 22, 2022 By Kristian Hernández Originally posted on Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. Inside a partially completed Amazon warehouse here, workers last...
Judge Dismisses Fired Amazon Worker’s Lawsuit Alleging Discrimination February 9, 2022 A federal judge on Monday sided with Amazon.com Inc. in dismissing a discrimination lawsuit that workplace organizer Christian Smalls had...
Amazon and Its Algorithms Blamed for Crashes by Delivery Drivers November 22, 2021 By Spencer Soper Ans Rana was in the back seat of his brother’s Tesla Model S when they stopped behind a disabled car...
Amazon Appeals Record $865M Fine for Violation of EU Data Protection Rules October 19, 2021 By Stephanie Bodoni Amazon.com Inc. appealed a record 746 million-euro ($865 million) penalty for allegedly violating the European Union’s tough data-protection rules. The...
Lawmakers Introduce Liability, Competition Bills Targeting Giant Internet Firms October 18, 2021 By Anna Edgerton and Rebecca Kern The biggest U.S. tech companies would face new constraints under two bills announced Thursday after a month of revelations from...