As Amazon Eliminates Plastic Packaging Abroad, It’s Using Even More in the US
A new report finds Amazon has reduced plastic packaging the most in countries with stringent regulations.
The Price of Amazon’s “Prime” Business Model Is Our Bodies
The billion-dollar company profits off pushing workers like me to our physical limits — only to ignore us when we’re hurt on the job.
Wage Gains at UPS Have Amazon Workers Demanding More
By Luis Feliz Leon / LaborNotes Amazon warehouse worker Paul Blundell has spent the past year talking to his co-workers about how UPS Teamsters were getting organized to strike. So…
Chasing Clicks Through Ad Money, Media Does PR for Amazon While Ignoring Human Costs of ‘Prime Day Deals’
This year, like every year, Amazon workers’ attempts to draw attention to their exploitative conditions were largely drowned out by hundreds of fawning PR press releases thinly disguised as articles…
Michigan Amazon Workers Stage Largest Delivery Station Strike Yet
By Luis Feliz Leon / Labor Notes In the middle of Amazon’s Prime Day promotional sales rush, 60 warehouse workers walked out for more than three hours at its delivery…
California Amazon Strikers, Allies Blockade Massachusetts Warehouse
By Steve Gillis / Workers World Norwood, Massachusetts With military-like tactics and discipline, over 300 Teamsters and their supporters converged in the predawn darkness on a sprawling Amazon warehouse (DCB4)…
The Washington Post Is Coming for Your Retirement Benefits
The Washington Post favors cuts over human welfare. Exactly the kind of perspective Bezos deemed well worth putting his money behind.
Donziger Files Response to ‘DOJ’s Disastrous Decision to Side With Chevron’
"This appeal seriously impacts Amazon communities, the rule of law, and free speech," said environmental lawyer Steven Donziger. "Let's keep fighting."
Top Antitrust Expert: We Need a New Approach to Giant Tech Firms Like Google
Economist Cristina Caffarra, a leader in competition and antitrust, warns that ever-expanding tech giants raise concerns about the extent of their power.
On Black Friday, Amazon Workers in 40+ Countries Strike and Protest ‘Despicable’ Treatment
"Instead of paying its workers fairly, its taxes in full, and for its damage to our environment, Amazon is squeezing every last drop it can from workers, communities, and the…
New Data Tool Details Thousands of Corporations Profiting From US Prison Industry
"Despite earning tens of billions of dollars each year, the public knows little about the prison industry and those that profit from it."
Big Tech: Not Only Market but Also Knowledge and Information Gatekeepers
How do we regulate an information utility?
Brazil’s Amazon Losses Will Fall 89% If Lula Beats Bolsonaro: Study
By Mitchell Beer | The Energy Mix New analysis shows that forest loss in the Brazilian Amazon could drop by 89% if incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro is voted out of…
As US Workers Fight for Labor Rights, Public Support for Unions Soars to Five-Decade High
"Working people recognize the need for a collective voice and it shows," said one union leader.
Kathryn Judge: The Menace That Is Amazon and Walmart
Columbia Law School professor Kathryn Judge talks to Robert Scheer about the exploitation of monster behemoth retail companies revealed in her new book “Direct.”