e-commerce
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Alabama Amazon workers deliver stinging rejection of union
After months of aggressive campaigning from both sides, 1,798 warehouse workers ultimately rejected the union while 738 voted in favour of it
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Amazon whistleblowers were illegally fired
U.S. Labor Relations Board found two women who spoke up about climate change and coronavirus protection were fired without cause
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Sorting the future
UPS Canada’s largest facility is ready for growth
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Amazon union vote count will take a while
Could take several more days or even weeks to review and tally everything before we know the outcome
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Urine trouble – Amazon apologizes for pee tweet
Tweet denied its employees work so hard they must urinate in empty water bottles
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Amazon expands use of Cargojet services
Cargojet will operate two Amazon-owned B767-300BDSF aircraft
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Amazon vote may spark more union pushes
What happens inside a warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, could have major implications not just for Amazon, but the labour movement at large
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Voting begins in bid to unionize at Amazon
If organizers succeed in Bessemer, Alabama, where nearly 6,000 people work, it could set off a chain reaction across Amazon’s operations
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FedEx quarterly profit nearly triples on online shopping boom
CEO says vaccine deliveries the company’s most important role ever
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28,500 warehouses to be added globally to meet e-commerce boom
The shift to online sales, exacerbated by the pandemic, as well as demand for consumer goods in developing regions will require 28,500 additional warehouses to be added in the next five years