Amazon Says It Will Risk Loss to Cover Jump in Pandemic Spending May 1, 2020 By Matt Day and Spencer Soper Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos normally uses the company’s earnings report to extol the virtues of Alexa or the benefits...
Pandemic Job Actions May Push Renewed Labor Movement April 30, 2020 By Nicholas Riccardi and Dee-Ann Durbin Jordan Flowers never thought he would become a labor leader. Then the coronavirus forced him to risk his life every...
Amazon Turns to Chinese Firm on U.S. Blacklist to Meet Thermal Camera Needs April 29, 2020 By Krystal Hu and Jeffrey Dastin NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon.com Inc has bought cameras to take temperatures of workers during the coronavirus pandemic from a...
New York AG Raises Concerns About Amazon’s Pandemic Safety Practices April 28, 2020 By Kanishka Singh and Aakriti Bhalla Amazon.com Inc may have violated safety measures and labor practices amid the coronavirus pandemic as it fired a warehouse protest...
Amazon Fires Three Critics of Warehouse Conditions in Pandemic April 15, 2020 By Aakriti Bhalla and Jeffrey Dastin Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday it had fired three critics of the company’s pandemic response for workplace violations, dismissals that...
Amazon Exec Called Fired Worker ‘Not Smart’ in Leaked Memo April 3, 2020 By Spencer Soper and Matt Day A senior Amazon.com Inc. executive called a fired Staten Island warehouse worker “not smart or articulate” in internal discussions about...
Amazon Hires 80,000, Adds Safety Precautions at Warehouses April 2, 2020 By Matt Day Amazon.com Inc. said it has hired 80,000 people to help meet demand for online orders from people hunkered down during...
Locked-Down Lawyers Warned Alexa Is Hearing Confidential Calls March 23, 2020 By Crystal Tse and Jonathan Browning Hey Alexa, stop listening to my client’s information. As law firms urge attorneys to work from home during the global...
Employers Navigate Virus Pandemic Without Firm Guidelines March 17, 2020 By Alexandra Olson NEW YORK — It started with extra hand sanitizer and wipes for keyboards and headphones. Then came the directive for...
Amazon Accused by Activist of Not Providing Basic Email Security February 19, 2020 By Sarah Syed Amazon.com Inc. doesn’t provide enough data security for sellers sending emails on its marketplace platform, according to a complaint filed...