All the headlines from our Amazon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 18 2020 // The U.S. National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday alleged Amazon.com Inc. illegally fired an employee this year who was raising alarm about workplace safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.Amazon associate Gerald Bryson was...
Dec 15 2020 // California Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Monday petitioned a court to force Amazon.com Inc. to comply with outstanding subpoenas over a state investigation into its handling of the coronavirus pandemic.The petition,...
Dec 7 2020 // Coloradans like residents of other states have seen an increase in delivery vehicles as many households shifted to ordering more online amid the pandemice.Colorado workers’ compensation insurer Pinnacol Assurance...
Nov 17 2020 // The leading drugstores, drug distributors and health insurers lost about $22 billion in market value Tuesday after Amazon.com Inc. revealed plans to start selling prescription drugs to its Prime members in the U.S.The long...
Nov 13 2020 // A former Amazon.com Inc. worker who protested conditions at his New York City fulfillment center sued the retailer on Thursday, accusing it of discrimination for firing him and for putting Black and Hispanic workers at...
Nov 3 2020 // A federal judge dismissed New York warehouse workers’ lawsuit against Amazon, ruling that their allegations about the company’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic should have been brought to the Occupational...
Oct 26 2020 // Injuries in Amazon.com Inc. warehouses could damage more than just the company’s reputation. They could start to hurt the e-commerce giant’s bottom line, as well.Washington state’s workplace safety...
Oct 7 2020 // A U.S. House of Representatives panel looking into abuses of market power by four big technology companies found they used “killer acquisitions” to smite rivals, charged exorbitant fees and forced small...
Oct 2 2020 // Amazon.com Inc. on Thursday said more than 19,000 of its U.S. frontline workers contracted the coronavirus this year, or 1.44% of the total, a disclosure sought by labor advocates who have criticized the COVID-19 response...
Sep 30 2020 // Amazon.com Inc. warehouse workers in the U.S. are getting hurt at a higher rate than the industry average, according to an investigative report.The rate of injuries contradicts more rosy assertions the company has made to...
Sep 2 2020 // NEW DELHI/MUMBAI — Amazon.com Inc. has added insurance and even gold to its menu of financial services in India, to expand its customer base and attract more subscribers to its Prime loyalty program in a battleground...
Sep 1 2020 // Two construction workers have died after an accident at the future site of an Amazon fulfillment center in Virginia.Suffolk city officials say the accident occurred Saturday afternoon at Northgate Commerce Parkway. News...
Sep 1 2020 // Amazon.com relies on extensive worker surveillance to boost employee output and potentially limit unionization efforts around the United States, says a research paper issued on Monday by the Open Markets Institute.The...
Aug 18 2020 // Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud computing unit will help Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp. build a platform to help manage and monetize data gathered from the automaker’s global vehicle fleet, the companies said on...
Aug 14 2020 // Amazon.com can be held liable like other traditional retailers for injuries from defective products sold via its sprawling e-commerce marketplace, a California state appeals court ruled on Thursday.The decision overturned...
Jul 28 2020 // California’s attorney general and state and local agencies are investigating whether Amazon.com Inc. has taken adequate steps to protect its workers from the coronavirus pandemic, according to a court filing on...
Jul 22 2020 // Jana Jumpp spends eight hours a day updating a spreadsheet — not for work, but a recent hobby: figuring out how many of Amazon’s 400,000 warehouse workers have fallen sick with the coronavirus.Amazon won’t...
Jul 15 2020 // Skin-whitening creams identified as containing potentially dangerous levels of mercury continue to be sold online more than seven months after a watchdog group raised the alarm, including on platforms run by eBay,...
Jul 15 2020 // The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) cited cockpit mistakes by the first officer and pilot in a February 2019 fatal crash of an Atlas Air cargo plane.The Atlas Air Boeing 767 jet transporting cargo for...
Jul 14 2020 // Giant online retailer Amazon.com announced it will pilot local employee health care centers near Amazon fulfillment facilities across the country.The retailer is partnering with with Crossover Health, a national medical...