The Verge

APRIL 3, 2021

In fact, Amazon goes so far as to suggest the whole pee bottle thing is simply a regrettable status quo, pointing out a handful of times when other companies’ delivery drivers were also caught peeing in bottles, as well as embedding a handful of random comments on Twitter that happen to support Amazon’s views. Second, our process was flawed.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 23, 2021

According to a report by The New York Times , the company previously didn’t allow employees to be around its warehouse, delivery, or other facilities more than 15 minutes before or after their shifts, making it more difficult to organize with co-workers. Amazon didn’t immediately respond to The Verge’s request for comment on the settlement.

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The Verge

JANUARY 21, 2022

As first reported by Bloomberg , NLRB spokesperson Kayla Blado confirmed Friday that the agency’s regional director Kathy Drew King determined allegations by the ALU that Smith was fired illegally had merit and would issue a complaint if the case doesn’t settle. “The Amazon didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment from The Verge.

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The Verge

JANUARY 11, 2022

The second union election at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama will begin on February 4th, according to a notice posted Tuesday by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which you can read below. Amazon didn’t immediately reply to The Verge ’s request for comment.

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The Verge

MARCH 28, 2022

Amazon workers claim they weren’t all properly alerted as what they thought was smoke filled the third floor at a Bessemer, Alabama warehouse on Friday, according to a report from the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) (via Input ). Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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The Verge

MARCH 2, 2022

According to a screenshot posted by Vice reporter Lauren Kaori Gurley, Amazon has acknowledged the decision in a message sent to employees through its A to Z app. A spokesperson for the NLRB could not immediately confirm that the approval had been granted, and Amazon did not immediately reply to The Verge ’s request for comment.

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The Verge

JUNE 24, 2021

News of the campaign was first reported by Motherboard. We’ve been working on this for quite some time—well before Bessemer broke out,” he said, referring to the recent union drive at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama. Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Verge.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 9, 2019

As previously reported by NPQ , local nonprofit news sources have struggled to attract foundation and big donor dollars, which are concentrated on a few larger national organizations. Their next launches will be in Massachusetts and Alabama this year.—Julie Julie Euber.

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The Verge

MARCH 18, 2022

Workers at Amazon’s LDJ5 facility in Staten Island in New York City will be voting on whether to unionize with the Amazon Labor Union starting April 25th, according to a report from CNBC. The NLRB also found that Amazon interfered with a union election last year in Bessemer, Alabama , which led to it ordering a do-over.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

On a clear day, you can see forever : Frederic reports on LatticeFlow’s latest funding round, $12 million, that it will use to eliminate computer vision blind spots. Square peg, Southeast Asia–shaped hole : Square Peg Capital closes $550 million fund for Southeast Asia, Australia and Israel, Catherine reports. Startups and VC.

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The Verge

MARCH 26, 2021

The context, of course, and why Amazon’s PR division may be kicking up so much dust is that Sanders had publicly announced his plans to travel to Alabama today to speak in support of the state’s historic Amazon warehouse unionization campaign. 1/2 You don’t really believe the peeing in bottles thing, do you? Maybe both.

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The Verge

MAY 5, 2021

Amazon is infamous for tightly controlling its workers and contractors, but a report from Bloomberg shows that it also tries to control the employees of companies that it contracts. Amazon did not immediately reply to a request for comment. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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The Verge

APRIL 8, 2022

The Amazon Labor Union didn’t immediately reply to The Verge ’s request for comment. The full complaint was not immediately available from the NLRB on Friday. The company continues, saying “the Region and ALU’s improper actions here warrant at least the same result.”.

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The Verge

JANUARY 28, 2022

The NLRB found that the company violated labor laws during a union election in Bessemer , Alabama as well, and ordered a redo. Amazon didn’t immediately respond to The Verge ’s request for comment. Motherboard reports that an Amazon spokesperson denied the allegations.

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The Verge

MAY 21, 2021

For months during the union drive, Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, felt like they were being watched. Wallace’s comments came during a National Labor Relations Board hearing, where the union is contesting the results of the election it lost in early April. Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images.

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The Verge

JANUARY 22, 2021

Amazon is trying to delay a union vote in Bessemer, Alabama, appealing a US labor board decision to allow 6,000 warehouse workers to vote by mail on unionization. The NLRB had previously reported the Jefferson County infection rate was over 17 percent in early January, and noted that new cases were rising.

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The Verge

MAY 21, 2020

Three states are working on projects so far, Russell Brandom reported today at The Verge : Alabama is developing an app in connection with a team from the University of Alabama, while the Medical University of South Carolina is heading up a similar project in collaboration with the state’s health agency. “As Talk to us.

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The Verge

JANUARY 10, 2021

First reported by the New York Times , Hoan Ton-That confirmed to The Verge that Clearview saw a sharp increase in use on January 7th, compared to its usual weekday search volume. Update January 10th, 12:49PM ET : Added comment from the ACLU.

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The Verge

JULY 15, 2020

But there’s reason to believe the case against Google will land the soonest of any of them — in May, the New York Times reported that charges could come “ as early as this summer.”. As Leah Nylen noted in that report: “Alabama is now the only state that is not investigating the company.”. Levin said.

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The Verge

JULY 14, 2020

Facebook is considering a ban on political ads in the days leading up to the US election , Kurt Wagner reports at Bloomberg. At that point Clubhouse had no in-app mechanisms for reporting harassment, and its community guidelines were little more than legal boilerplate. I only have 3 million on Instagram and 500,000 on YouTube.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

For now, Priesters will have to stick to its famous pecans in Fort Payne, Alabama. Priesters Pecans, an Alabama staple, is one of more than half a dozen sites across the state slated to receive millions of dollars in federal funding to expand access to chargers for electric vehicles. But maybe not for long.

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