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Amazon forces Shakopee, Minn., warehouse workers to walk out again
July 12, 2019The 1,500 workers, one-third of them migrants and refugees from Somalia and other nations of East Africa, plan to peacefully walk off the job for six hours on July 15.
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Muslim group files discrimination, retaliation complaint against Amazon
May 16, 2019Amazon, notorious for its mistreatment of its thousands of warehouse workers from coast to coast, is in legal hot water over it again.
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Amazon workers tell company to ditch oil industry, fight climate change
April 15, 2019Amazon is getting cozy with the oil industry—and some employees aren’t happy about it.
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Following New Yorkers, Virginians tool up for fight with Amazon
February 21, 2019When workers raised their voices against Amazon’s low pay, lousy working conditions and hatred of unions, the monster retailer “picked up its toys and went home."
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With Amazon coming, metro D.C. families face rising rents, longer commutes
January 3, 2019Various cities had been bidding for the HQ, in the usual way: Offering millions of dollars in “concessions” to a company worth a trillion dollars.
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