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July 16, 2025

Amazon

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Amazon warehouse workers reject union bid in Alabama

April 10, 2021 The Associated Press

BESSEMER, Ala. — Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama handed the online retail giant a decisive victory when they voted against forming a union and cut off a path that labor activists had […]

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Vote counting underway in Amazon union election

April 8, 2021 The Associated Press

Vote counting in the union push at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, is underway, but hundreds of contested ballots could muddy the outcome if it’s a close race. The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store […]

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Big Tech’s outsized influence draws state-level pushback

March 27, 2021 The Associated Press

New York state Sen. Michael Gianaris was ecstatic when Amazon named Long Island City in 2018 as a front-runner for its new headquarters, a project that would bring 25,000 jobs and $2.5 billion in construction […]

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Worker says Amazon hung anti-union signs in bathroom stalls

March 19, 2021 Joseph Pisani, Associated Press

NEW YORK — When Amazon found out that its workers were trying to form a union, the company put up signs across the warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, including in bathroom stalls, a worker said Wednesday. […]

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Labor movement targets Amazon as a foothold in the South

March 17, 2021 Bill Barrow, Associated Press

BESSEMER, Ala. — The South has never been hospitable to organized labor. But that may be changing, with an important test in Alabama, where thousands of workers at an Amazon campus are deciding whether to […]

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Amazon faces biggest union push in its history

February 20, 2021 Joseph Pisani, Associated Press

NEW YORK — The second Jennifer Bates walks away from her post at the Amazon warehouse where she works, the clock starts ticking. She has precisely 30 minutes to get to the cafeteria and back […]

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5 challenges awaiting Amazon’s new CEO

February 6, 2021 Joe Pisani and Anne D'Innocenzio, Associated Press

NEW YORK — In 1995, few could imagine that the modest online bookstore built by Jeff Bezos would turn into a $1.7 trillion behemoth that sells everything from diapers to sofas, produces movies, owns a […]

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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos may step down without stepping away

February 3, 2021 Joseph Pisani and Michael Liedtke, Associated Press

Even after stepping aside as CEO, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos appears likely to keep identifying new frontiers for the world’s dominant e-commerce company. His successor, meanwhile, gets to deal with escalating efforts to curtail its […]

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Amazon offers assist with US COVID-19 vaccine distribution

January 21, 2021 The Associated Press

SEATTLE — Amazon is offering its colossal operations network and advanced technologies to assist President Joe Biden in his vow to get 100 million COVID-19 vaccinations to Americans in his first 100 days in office. […]

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Retail’s online future grows brighter after pandemic bump

January 8, 2021 Damian J. Troise, Associated Press

Online shopping has been a lifeline for many as the virus pandemic shuttered stores and kept people at home. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the change in how people shop in a world growing more […]

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