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Amazon's AI data center dream runs into the reality of 'zombie' facilities, higher costs, and labor shortages
The cloud giant's predicament highlights broader tech industry challenges as generative AI upends t…
Eugene Kim
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Amazon drivers are poised to get a 7% pay rise after they started to think about unionizing
The company said the investment in its DSP program will help increase the driver's pay to a nationa…
Beatrice Nolan
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In potential leadership shakeup, Amazon Labor Union agrees to hold new elections for top positions
The Amazon Labor Union will hold new leadership elections, which could see the departure of the cur…
Katherine Long
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Chris Smalls, Amazon Labor Union president and founder, tells Business Insider he will not run for reelection
Chris Smalls led the Amazon Labor Union to a historic victory, then grew distant from organizing, m…
Katherine Long
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Amazon's first warehouse union marked the true turning point towards 'real change' for workers, says a labor-history professor
Christian Smalls went from getting fired by Amazon to kickstarting the labor movement. It's a tippi…
Juliana Kaplan
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Bernie Sanders invited the Amazon union to testify in Congress. Lindsey Graham says Sanders 'determined Amazon is a piece of crap company.'
"The idea that we would actually hear from the working class of this country is in fact radical," S…
Juliana Kaplan
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Bernie Sanders calls on Biden to cut off federal contracts with 'anti-union' companies like Amazon
Sanders is an outspoken labor advocate, and joined Amazon Labor Union workers at a rally last weeke…
Juliana Kaplan
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Biden, Harris, and Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh meet with unionizing Amazon and Starbucks workers at the White House: 'These folks are inspiring a movement'
Christian Smalls of the Amazon Labor Union said Biden joked that Smalls got the president in troubl…
Juliana Kaplan
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President Biden says Amazon union organizer Christian Smalls is his 'kind of trouble' and 'let's not stop'
"I like you, you're my kind of trouble," President Biden told Christian Smalls, the creator of the …
Juliana Kaplan
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Meet the Biden labor lawyer who wants to crack down on companies making workers sit through anti-union meetings
Bosses can make you sit through an anti-union meeting. Jennifer Abruzzo, a key labor lawyer appoint…
Juliana Kaplan
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Amazon Labor Union president Chris Smalls caught on camera fighting Amazon worker last year amid union rift
Chris Smalls rose to fame by taking on Amazon. But some critics within the Amazon Labor Union fear …
Katherine Long,Jack Newsham
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As Amazon and Starbucks workers notch major union wins, UBS says we're in a labor environment 'not seen for decades'
While UBS says it's "too early to declare pro unionization a trend," businesses are taking notice o…
Juliana Kaplan
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Bernie Sanders lays out 2 possible economic futures for the US — powerful billionaire oligarchs or a powerful unionized middle class
Unions at Amazon and Starbucks have seen historic wins recently for the working class. Sanders says…
Juliana Kaplan
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Amazon Labor Union's vice president, Derrick Palmer, resigns after assault charges become public
Amazon Labor Union president Chris Smalls announced the resignation of vice president Derrick Palme…
Katherine Long,Jack Newsham
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Americans have lost confidence in everything from organized religion to Congress, but their faith in unions is staying strong
Americans aren't feeling good about many institutions, especially the Supreme Court and presidency.…
Juliana Kaplan
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Amazon Labor Union's vice president faces criminal charges over allegations he choked his girlfriend
If convicted, Amazon Labor Union vice president Derrick Palmer may be ineligible to serve in union …
Jack Newsham,Katherine Long
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The year workers said 'no'
In the thick of the pandemic, workers were left to fend for themselves. Now they've learned how to …
Juliana Kaplan
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A new nonprofit signals Chris Smalls, president of Amazon's labor union, may be pursuing new projects
The new nonprofit says it aims to raise funds for the Amazon Labor Union, but also that it has ambi…
Katherine Long,Jack Newsham,G…
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Cult-favorite supermarket Trader Joe's is known for being friendly. One worker says she's unionizing so the store will live up to that perception: 'We want them to continue to be great jobs for people.'
When Maeg Yosef, a crew member at a Massachusetts Trader Joe's, heard about Starbucks unionizing, s…
Juliana Kaplan
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Unions are using drones and secret agents to investigate Amazon's labor practices
Labor groups are pursuing a multipronged strategy attacking Amazon as they face a tilted regulatory…