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Federal police officers arrive with recovered human remains believed to be of the Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira of Brazil and freelance reporter Dom Phillips of Britain, at the federal police hangar in Brasília, Brazil on Thursday.

World News

A British journalist's remains have been found in Brazil's Amazon, police say

6:03pm June 17, 2022

by The Associated Press

Human remains found deep in Brazil's Amazon have been identified as belonging to British journalist Dom Phillips, according to Brazil's federal police.

The National Labor Relations Board is holding a hearing to consider Amazon's objections to the union election at a warehouse on Staten Island. Amazon is seeking a new election.

Economy

Amazon seeks to overturn historic Staten Island union victory at labor hearing

11:27am June 13, 2022

by Andrea Hsu

The National Labor Relations Board is considering Amazon's objections to a union election that resulted in the first unionized Amazon warehouse in the U.S.

Workers walk toward an Amazon warehouse on Staten Island, New York, on April 25, 2022. It's the second Amazon facility on Staten Island to vote on whether to join the Amazon Labor Union.

Amazon Labor Union fails to repeat victory in Staten Island Amazon warehouse election

4:28pm May 02, 2022

by Andrea Hsu

An Amazon sorting center on Staten Island in New York has voted against unionizing, a month after a larger Amazon warehouse across the street voted to join the Amazon Labor Union.

Workers walk to cast their votes over whether or not to unionize, at an Amazon warehouse on Staten Island on March 25, 2022. Another Amazon warehouse across the street began voting on a union on Monday.

A 2nd Amazon warehouse on Staten Island begins voting on a union

7:14am April 25, 2022

by Andrea Hsu

Less than a month after the Amazon Labor Union unionized the first Amazon facility in the U.S., workers at a smaller warehouse across the street begin voting on whether to join the upstart union.

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An Amazon worker walks past his Amazon Prime delivery truck in Washington, DC, on February 19, 2022.

National

Sellers who ship through Amazon will see a new 5% fuel and inflation surcharge

7:45pm April 13, 2022

by Joe Hernandez

The new fee doesn't apply to sellers who use third party delivery services or ship orders themselves. Inflation in the U.S. stands at a 40-year high.

Chris Smalls, president of the Amazon Labor Union, takes part in an interview at the Amazon distribution center in the Staten Island borough of New York on Oct. 25, 2021, after earlier delivering "Authorization of Representation" forms to the National Lab

Economy

He was fired by Amazon 2 years ago. Now he's the force behind the company's 1st union

8:44am April 02, 2022

Chris Smalls didn't rely on traditional labor groups for funding or organizing power. Instead he raised money through GoFundMe and talked to former coworkers at their bus stop and over S'mores.

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People arrive for work at the Amazon distribution center at the New York City borough of Staten Island on Oct. 25, 2021.

National

Labor groups close in on Amazon in 2 tight union elections

12:30am April 01, 2022

by The Associated Press

One labor and employment observer said the New York vote was "shocking," since Amazon workers there had no support from an established union.

The nearly $8.5 billion merger deal between Amazon and MGM is official. MGM is the movie and TV studio behind the James Bond franchise, Legally Blonde and other popular films.

What the Amazon-MGM deal means for the streaming business

11:43pm March 17, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

MGM is the film and television studio behind iconic films like the James Bond franchise, Rocky and The Silence of the Lambs.

Workers at Amazon's warehouse on Staten Island in New York will vote on whether to unionize, becoming the second U.S. warehouse to get such an election.

National

Amazon labor push escalates as workers at New York warehouse win a union vote

8:10pm February 17, 2022

by Alina Selyukh

Amazon will face two union elections at once. Federal officials have set a union vote for Amazon workers at a Staten Island warehouse, coinciding with the ongoing re-do election in Bessemer, Ala.

Walmart is no longer requiring employees to wear masks unless they are mandated by local regulations.

Amazon, Walmart and JPMorgan Chase among companies relaxing employee mask mandates

11:00am February 15, 2022

by Anthony Tellez

As several states relax mask mandates, U.S. companies are easing up their own rules.