GizModo VR

APRIL 28, 2021

A bootstrap Amazon unionization effort is underway in Staten Island, and lo and behold, Amazon is firing up the union-busting campaign early. We’ve heard allegations that it threatened Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse workers with shutting down the warehouse amid their attempt to unionize.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 1, 2021

Joe Biden has effectively endorsed ongoing unionization efforts at an Amazon facility in the state of Alabama and warned the e-commerce giant that its efforts to shut down the drive must involve “no intimidation, no coercion, no threats, no anti-union propaganda.” Read more.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 19, 2021

A litany of allegations about Amazon’s anti-union offensive today comes from the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU). After Amazon workers in Bessemer chose not to unionize by a 1,798 to 738 vote, the RWDSU has accused the company of offering workers an impossible choice: reject the union or lose… Read more.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

At long last, Amazon has a unionization vote on its hands, the first and only since 2014. Today, 5,800 Alabama warehouse workers have been sent mail-in ballots and can begin voting on whether to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU). If they vote in favor, RWDSU will be the first union to gain… Read more.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

While around 5,800 Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama vote on whether to unionize, Amazon has been trying to win over hearts and minds with a slew of ham-handed anti-union propaganda in their warehouse bathroom stalls, on their phones, and now on the Amazon-owned streaming service Twitch.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 30, 2021

As Amazon employees in Bessemer, Alabama near a ballot count for their union election, Amazon is engaged in another sweep of last-ditch efforts to salvage the company’s reputation as a GREAT workplace and it made another thwarted attempt to micro-monitor the ballot count.

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Mashable VR

APRIL 1, 2022

Amazon workers at a Staten Island warehouse have voted in favor of unionizing, according to vote counts published on Twitter. They will join the independent Amazon Labor Union, a new organization unaffiliated with pre-existing unions. Welcome the 1st union in America for Amazon.". Tweet may have been deleted. UPDATE: Apr.

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Mashable VR

APRIL 19, 2022

Amazon must reinstate a worker who was fired from a fulfilment center on Staten Island in the aftermath of a protest two years ago, a judge has ruled. Amazon must now rehire Bryson and pay the wages he's lost. It will show that Amazon can be beat. SEE ALSO: Why Amazon only got a $60,000 fine for a 'serious' labor violation.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 22, 2021

Amazon has a message for its workers: if you want to unionize so badly, you’ll need to risk catching the coronavirus to do it. Read more.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 13, 2021

Earlier today, some random person with a random Los Angeles-based area code number called my phone with some terrible news: My Amazon account had been hacked. A guy in Alabama had apparently used my account to buy an iPhone, and I needed to send over some details to dispute the charges. Read more.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 8, 2021

Breaking from Alabama: We are this much closer to learning the results of the historic union election at Amazon’s Bessemer, AL warehouse. The Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU) reports that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has received 3,125 ballots. This means that a majority of about… Read more.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 26, 2022

Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama get to re-vote on unionizing This reporting comes after a San Francisco court found in Oct. SEE ALSO: Tesla sued in California for alleged racial discrimination and harassment. How to set boundaries at work Companies hope new benefits will solve your mental health issues. Don't fall for it.

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DECEMBER 5, 2023

Snap and the Corporate Flight from California California’s latest initiative aims to attract investors and jobs amid a massive migration of companies to other states like Texas, Alabama, North Carolina, and others. For example, the company has struck a massive partnership with Amazon to pilot online shopping integrations.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 29, 2022

Now, she seeks to do exactly that in her new Amazon Prime Video show, Watch Out for the Big Grrrls. Credit: James Clark / Amazon Studios. Credit: James Clark / Amazon Studios. Credit: James Clark / Amazon Studios. 💖 Credit: James Clark / Amazon Studios. Credit: James Clark / Amazon Studios.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 19, 2021

A slew of Amazon workers in Baltimore, New Orleans, Portland, Denver, and Southern California are looking into unionizing, emboldened by their Alabama coworkers’ high-profile union campaign , Bloomberg reported Friday. Read more.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 3, 2021

An official at the National Labor Relations Board has recommended workers at Amazon’s Bessemer warehouse in Alabama be allowed to vote again on unionization after the formation of a union was rejected in April. At least that’s the claim being made by the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union , which tried and… Read more.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 2, 2021

A few people have asked me when we’re going to hear the results of the Bessemer, Alabama union election. The short answer is maybe next week. The long answer, factoring in appeals and litigation, is maybe months. Read more.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

In just a few short years, Amazon’s warehouse workers have gone from suffering in silence to jobsite walkouts in Minnesota and more recently a full-blown union vote in Alabama. Now it seems another segment of Amazon’s workforce is taking its first steps towards advocating for better conditions. Read more.

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