Amazon faces multiple pickets as union targets holiday shopping rush
The Teamsters union demands that Amazon recognize its unionized workers. The company refuses and says the strikes won't affect operations.
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Amazon manipulated injury data to make warehouses appear safer, a Senate probe finds
A Senate committee investigation, led by Sen. Bernie Sanders, accused Amazon of risking worker safety for speed while manipulating injury data to make its warehouses seem safer than they are.
Accused of violating worker rights, SpaceX and Amazon go after labor board
SpaceX and Amazon are asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the National Labor Relations Board unconstitutional. The federal agency is tasked with enforcing workers' right to organize.
Amazon ordered to let workers vote on unionizing -- for the 3rd time
A federal administrative law judge says Amazon interfered in the last election on unionization at its warehouse in Bessemer, Ala.
Rain is finally coming to the drought-stricken Amazon. But it may not be enough
The world’s longest river is at its lowest levels after a long drought. That's left the Amazon Rainforest, the vital waterway and tributaries parched, stranding communities and affecting livelihoods.
Amazon India workers say they're overworked and mistreated during a brutal heat wave
Amazon India says it ensures breaks and worker safety, but workers tell NPR they're pressured not to stop for water or to use the toilet, especially while processing same-day orders.
NLRB says Amazon is a joint employer of some 3rd-party delivery drivers in California
The two sides have been in disagreement about whether Amazon bears legal responsibility to its delivery drivers, who are technically employed by third-party companies but deliver Amazon packages.
Amazon's struggling union joins forces with the Teamsters
For two years, Amazon has refused to recognize its single unionized warehouse, organized by the upstart Amazon Labor Union. Now the hefty Teamsters is lending its muscle to the union effort.
A car-free town in the Amazon serves lessons for pedaling to net zero emissions
Afuá, a remote town in the Brazilian Amazon, banned motor vehicles over 20 years ago. Writer Mac Margolis and photographer Stefan Kolumban paid the town a visit to see what life is like.
Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama might get a third try at unionizing
Federal officials threw out the first vote, ruling that Amazon improperly interfered. The results of the second vote remain inconclusive. The federal government now determines what happens next.