https://www.kpbs.org/news/news/economy/2023/01/04/amazon-ceo-says-company-will-lay-off-more-than-18-000-workers
The layoffs represent the single largest number of jobs cut at a technology company since the industry began aggressively downsizing last year.
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https://www.fox29.com/news/amazon-to-raise-pay-by-up-to-3-an-hour-for-more-than-500000-workers
Amazon said Wednesday that it plans to give more than 500,000 of its workers a raise as it seeks to attract new workers.
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https://www.icij.org/investigations/trafficking-inc/amazon-pays-1-9-million-to-workers-in-saudi-arabia-harmed-by-labor-abuses/
Dec 2, 2025 - Payments come after the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and its media partners exposed exploitation of Asian migrant workers who labored...
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https://theweek.com/speedreads/971741/marco-rubio-supports-amazon-workers-union-drive-but-only-because-dislikes-amazon
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https://www.wlrn.org/news/2021-03-01/biden-backs-amazon-warehouse-workers-union-drive
More than 5,800 warehouse workers at the Bessemer, Ala. Amazon facility are voting this month on whether to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store...
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https://inthesetimes.com/article/amazon-labor-union-jfk8-staten-island-jeff-bezos-workers
Workers flipped the script on the e-commerce giant by turning anti-union tactics into organizing opportunities.
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https://www.businessinsider.com/laid-off-amazon-employees-share-what-happened-tech-job-market-2025-11
Jan 15, 2026 - Six former Amazon employees explain exactly how the layoffs happened, what they did next, and their career plans amid a challenging job market.
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https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-amazon-contractors-20151030-story.html
Taree Truong wore a uniform bearing Amazon's logo, signed into an Amazon tracking device and was told by Amazon dispatchers to make deliveries for its new...
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https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/amazon-workers-are-fighting-each-other-about-office-return/446729
Amazon announced in mid-February it would ask its employees to come back to the office at least three days a week.
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https://www.techtimes.com/articles/250093/20200604/warehouse-employees-want-to-sue-amazon-over-coronavirus-threats.htm
Amazon warehouse employees are reportedly suing the company. Amazon might face a lawsuit for failing to provide COVID-19 protections and health benefits to its...
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37832965/
CHWs demonstrated their leadership and expanded their roles during the pandemic with little to no training from the government. Global investment in robust CHW...
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https://www.vice.com/en/article/amazon-denies-workers-pee-in-bottles-here-are-the-pee-bottles/
"You don't really believe the peeing in bottles thing, do you?" Amazon tweeted. Drivers say they're being gaslit.
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https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/shopping/home-workers-praise-amazons-tiny-33168710
Jan 5, 2026 - The plug-in Russell Hobbs winter warmer takes the chill off and can be used all around the house
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https://www.wunc.org/2020-07-31/amazon-workers-respond-to-jeff-bezos-testimony-before-congress
Amazon is known for its focus on making shopping affordable and convenient for customers. But some of its employees credit their work for Amazon making so much...
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https://www.iowapublicradio.org/news-from-npr/2025-02-15/amazon-workers-vote-against-unionizing-a-north-carolina-warehouse
Workers voted against joining a grassroots union called Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity and Empowerment, or CAUSE.
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https://www.ktvu.com/news/amazon-tesla-others-to-cover-travel-costs-for-workers-seeking-reproductive-care
Some companies even extend the benefit to dependents and spouses.
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https://www.newser.com/story/185157/amazon-pays-workers-5k-to-quit.html
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos sent out his annual letter to shareholders this week, and Business Insider takes note of one part in particular about the company's "Pay...
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https://www.inverse.com/input/culture/part-time-amazon-warehouse-workers-in-chicago-have-won-paid-time-off-for-all
But Amazon is trying to do away with paid sick leave in exchange. Because of course it is.
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https://www.fox4news.com/news/amazon-to-raise-pay-by-up-to-3-an-hour-for-more-than-500000-workers
Amazon said Wednesday that it plans to give more than 500,000 of its workers a raise as it seeks to attract new workers.
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https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-10-15/amazon-workers-at-san-bernardino-air-freight-facility-protest-alleged-retaliation
Workers at an air freight hub in San Bernardino accused Amazon of unfair labor practices in a filing with the National Labor Relations Board.
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https://www.fox5ny.com/news/amazon-settles-california-case-accusing-it-of-concealing-covid-cases-from-workers
Amazon will pay $500,000 as part of a settlement reached with California's attorney general who had accused the retail giant of illegally withholding...
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https://www.gpb.org/news/2021/01/15/amazon-warehouse-workers-decide-whether-form-companys-1st-us-union
Although the company has unionized workers in Europe, it has held off organizing efforts here. About 6,000 workers at an Amazon facility in Alabama can cast a...
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https://workdaymagazine.org/leaked-memo-reveals-amazon-misled-the-public-and-workers-about-covid-19-spread-in-minnesota/
Jul 7, 2020 - "For months, Amazon has been sitting on information that could have helped prevent workers in my facility from getting sick and spreading the virus to our...
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https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/04/amazon-workers-covid-safety/
Amazon must ensure its workers across the globe receive adequate health and safety protection during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-amazon-pay-to-quit-20140412-story.html
Under a program dubbed Pay to Quit, Amazon will pay as much as $5,000 to weed out dissatisfied or unproductive workers at its fulfillment centers.
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https://futurism.com/amazon-patents-tracking-wristbands-spy-warehouse-workers
Patents have been issued for Amazon's tracking wristbands that monitor workers' hand movements and provide instant feedback when necessary.
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https://www.supplychain247.com/article/amazon-walmart-warehouse-workers-suffering-report-oxfam/automated_marking_inc._ami
A new survey reveals the pressure of being an Amazon and Walmart warehouse workers, including constant surveillance and little time for bathroom breaks.
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https://www.thedailybeast.com/nearly-20000-amazon-workers-have-tested-positive-for-coronavirus-company-says/
Amazon claims the figures reflect well on it, when compared to infection rates in the general population.
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https://inthesetimes.com/article/arrested-amazon-strike-nypd
Police cracked down on striking drivers in Queens who blocked deliveries.
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https://www.digitalinformationworld.com/2019/08/amazon-workers-criticism-work-environment.html
Although the army of Amazon employees started tweeting in favor of the company back in last August but the back and forth conversations between accounts gave a...
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https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/04/13/amazon-to-hire-75000-more-workers-amid-covid-19-pa.aspx
After hiring 100,000 warehouse and delivery workers over the past four weeks, Amazon is at it again in an effort to meet the sustained surge in demand.
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https://www.cbsnews.com/video/prime-day-protests-amazon-workers-fight-working-conditions-pay/
On Amazon's biggest-ever shopping event, employees in the U.S. and Europe are speaking out against unsafe working conditions in warehouses. Separately,...
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https://www.theregister.com/2020/01/09/amazon_ring_workers_fired/
This Internet of Things in the cloud is working out so well, so, so well, so well
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https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/amazon-rto-return-to-office-five-days-a-week/?intcid=CNR-02-0623
Amazon CEO Andrew Jassy is ending the e-commerce giant's extended experiment with remote work, saying employees collaborate better in person.
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https://workdaymagazine.org/high-injury-rates-push-minnesotas-amazon-workers-to-organize-for-safety/
Aug 16, 2024 - Workers are concerned about soaring rates of injury, high productivity quotas, incoherent policies, and a sudden warehouse closure.
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https://truthout.org/articles/sanders-pans-jeff-bezos-as-amazon-workers-walk-out-over-low-pay/
About 60 Amazon workers across two states walked out on Wednesday demanding higher pay.
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https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/amazon-workers-plan-prime-day-strike-minnesota/558297/
The stoppage would fall on the first day of the sales event and follow recent walk-outs at the same facility as workers press for better conditions.
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https://www.ksdk.com/video/money/business/63-12023afa-6275-46c1-847d-b6eb55339d00
This year, Amazon approved a $1.50 raise for frontline workers. But workers say that isn't enough, demanding a $25 base pay.
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https://www.vice.com/en/article/alb1-workers-will-not-join-the-amazon-labor-union/?ref=am-quickie.ghost.io
The warehouse would have been the second Amazon facility ever to unionize, but the vote was unsuccessful.
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https://www.fox13now.com/news/national-news/amazon-tells-workers-they-must-come-to-the-office-5-days-a-week
Amazon is demanding that its corporate employees return to the office five days a week, a significant change from its current pandemic-era hybrid policy
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San Francisco Amazon DCK6 Teamsters rallied at San Fancisco City Hall on12/16/25 with Teamsters from N. Ca and San Francisco Supervisors who were supporting a...
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https://www.ctpublic.org/2025-02-15/amazon-workers-vote-against-unionizing-a-north-carolina-warehouse
Workers voted against joining a grassroots union called Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity and Empowerment, or CAUSE.
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https://www.wfae.org/united-states-world/united-states-world/2022-09-14/amazon-warehouse-workers-in-albany-will-vote-on-unionization-in-october
About 400 workers will vote on whether to join the upstart Amazon Labor Union, which in the spring won a historic vote to form the company's first unionized...
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https://investorshangout.com/global-support-grows-for-amazon-workers-amid-protests-473726-/
Senator Bernie Sanders emphasizes solidarity for striking Amazon workers, highlighting key protests and demands amidst global unrest.
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https://www.kpax.com/business/new-jersey-sues-amazon-for-civil-rights-violations-against-pregnant-workers-and-workers-with-disabilities
New Jersey's attorney general sued Amazon on Wednesday, alleging civil rights violations against pregnant workers and those with disabilities.
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https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-workers-are-piecing-together-cloud-cuts-in-internal-messages-2025-7
Jul 17, 2025 - Amazon confirmed layoffs in its cloud computing unit, AWS, and employees are trying to determine which teams were affected.
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https://www.freightwaves.com/news/breaking-amazon-workers-reject-2nd-staten-island-union-after-earlier-win
Amazon workers vote against unionizing a second warehouse on Staten Island after an earlier union win, dealing a blow to the Amazon Labor Union.
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https://www.computerworld.com/article/3600856/amazon-ceo-in-office-requirement-isnt-designed-to-make-workers-quit.html
Apr 7, 2025 - Andy Jassy also said the company's planned return-to-office isn't aimed at mollifying city policy makers.
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https://workdaymagazine.org/50-amazon-workers-walk-out-in-shakopee/
Apr 27, 2020 - Following news of another firing and the revelation of two positive cases of COVID-19, more than 50 Shakopee Amazon fulfillment workers walked off the job just...
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https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/amazon-somali-bus-shuttle-service/
Amazon sends daily shuttles for hundreds of employees in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood to help them make the day and evening shifts.
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https://ohsonline.com/articles/2023/02/02/amazon-cited-after-workers-at-more-warehouses.aspx
OSHA also proposed penalties of $46,875 following inspections in Colorado, Idaho and New York.
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https://www.christianpost.com/news/amazon-and-microsoft-employees-caught-buying-sex-workers-through-their-work-e-mails.html?mobile=true
Recent reports have revealed that several employees from Microsoft and Amazon were using their work e-mails to purchase services from trafficked sex workers....
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https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/amazon-layoffs-8-5-pc-370-employees-cut-tech-hub-luxembourg-how-indian-foreign-workers-difficult-question-why-job-market-11766109934352.html
Amazon is cutting 370 jobs in Luxembourg, about 8.5% of its workforce, marking the tech giant's biggest layoff in the tiny European nation in around 20 years....
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https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2023/11/20/amazon-strike-in-spain-thousands-of-workers-to-walk-out-nationwide-demanding-better-pay-and-conditions-threatening-delays-for-black-friday-orders/
AMAZON SPAIN logistics centre staff and delivery drivers have asked to go on strike for an hour on each of the three shifts covering 'Cyber Monday'-
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https://www.inverse.com/input/culture/new-workers-responsible-high-injury-rates-amazon-ceo-says
But my brother in Christ... you are the reason the turnover is so bad.
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/11/26/amazon-workers-stage-walkouts-protests-on-black-friday
Nov 26, 2022 - Employees across the globe demand Amazon pay better wages and improve working conditions.
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https://www.fox13news.com/news/amazon-workers-in-nyc-to-vote-on-whether-to-form-union
The battle to unionize Amazon workers is intensifying after labor officials officially set a date for a union election in a Staten Island facility next month.
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https://www.wlrn.org/2021-09-23/a-new-law-in-california-aims-to-protect-workers-at-retail-warehouses-like-amazons
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 701 on Wednesday. It aims to address the impact of speed quotas on warehouse worker injuries and health.
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https://sahanjournal.com/business-work/amazon-closes-shakopee-sort-center-transfers-workers-minnesota/
Mar 31, 2023 - Amazon closed its Shakopee sort center Friday. Most of its 680 workers will be moved to other local facilities.
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https://inthesetimes.com/article/labor-amazon-warehouse-union-walkout-chicago-illinois-2021
For the first time, Amazon is experiencing a multi-site U.S. work stoppage. It comes at the end of a year marked by union organizing and labor militancy at the...
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https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-workers-lean-in-on-ai-in-internal-memo-2025-10
Oct 28, 2025 - Amazon's HR chief also explained the 14,000 cuts in part by saying AI is helping companies innovate faster.
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https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/business-journal/amazon-workers-st-charles-county-better-pay-safer-conditions/63-f4b83ae0-9004-458e-a6a5-1cd1cc3a8557
“Amazon cares very little about said injuries. Production is all they’re concerned with,” Justin Lopez, a process assistant at the...
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https://workdaymagazine.org/thursday-night-shakopee-amazon-workers-walked-out-in-protest-of-worker-firing/
Oct 9, 2020 - The walkout comes amid rising concerns that “time off task” violations are used to target and retaliate against workers.
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https://fortune.com/2024/07/16/prime-day-amazon-workers-pay-high-price/
Jul 16, 2024 - Amazon’s relentless push for speed is mentally draining and physically dangerous, says warehouse worker Wendy Taylor.
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https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/usa-amazon-workers-protest-working-conditions-during-covid-19-call-for-higher-wages-benefits/
Check out this page via the Business and Human Rights Centre
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https://www.shrm.org/topics-tools/employment-law-compliance/osha-investigates-amazon-workers-deaths
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is investigating three recent deaths at Amazon facilities in New Jersey.
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https://www.thestranger.com/news/2015/08/28/22765893/landlords-are-giving-special-deals-to-amazon-and-microsoft-workers/comments
Comments on Finding an affordable apartment in this city is hard enough. Scraping together the first and last month's rent, deposit, and other fees can be even...
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https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/amazon-lays-off-16000-workers-as-ai-strategy-accelerates-012926.html
Amazon announces 16,000 layoffs as it shifts workforce towards AI and automation, marking a significant structural change in the company.
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https://www.theinsaneapp.com/web-stories/amazon-layoffs-to-hit-over-18000-workers
Jan 5, 2023 - Amazon is cutting more than 18,000 workers.
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https://www.jalopnik.com/amazon-made-airport-workers-toil-in-100-degree-heat-wit-1851278334/
The California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal/OSHA) cited Amazon three times for exposing its workers to dangerously hot conditions at San...
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https://www.constructiondive.com/news/workers-sue-amazon-nooses-connecticut/694827/
A federal complaint alleges supervisors initially tried to keep the 2021 discovery out of the news before suggesting workers of color planted the items.
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https://www.newsmax.com/thewire/amazon-workers-pay-raise/2018/10/10/id/885677/
Amazon hourly workers received a dramatic pay rise last week, but it could cost them thousands of dollars a year in loss of stock options and monthly bonuses,...
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https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/16/penn-j16.html
Our committee, comprised of educators from Pennsylvania, Ohio and Maryland, offers our fullest solidarity with the striking Volvo workers at the New River...
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