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Public vote counting starts for Amazon union drive in Alabama

The Verge

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has begun publicly tallying votes for a proposed Amazon workers’ union in Alabama, which would be the first of its kind nationwide. A group reached out to the RWDSU, which represented workers in nearby poultry plants and other businesses. Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images.

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Alabama warehouse workers prepare to face down Amazon in union vote

The Verge

An Amazon warehouse in Alabama could become the first to unionize in the US For the next seven weeks, employees at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama will vote on whether to become the first of the company’s US employees to unionize. Richardson and other BHM1 employees decided to reach out.

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Security startup Verkada hack exposes 150,000 security cameras in Tesla factories, jails, and more

The Verge

In addition to the live feeds, the group also claimed to have had access to the full video archive of all of Verkada’s customers. Following Bloomberg ’s request to Verkada, the group lost access to both the company’s live feeds and archives.

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President Biden denounces ‘anti-union propaganda’ ahead of Amazon union vote

The Verge

On Sunday night, President Joe Biden released a message of support for unionizing Amazon workers in Alabama, while sternly denouncing anti-union efforts by employers. Biden never names Amazon directly in the statement, although he does directly name Alabama warehouse workers. Photo by Adam Schultz for White House / Flickr.

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Bezos says Amazon workers aren’t treated like robots, unveils robotic plan to keep them working

The Verge

To address concerns about working conditions, Bezos said the company will develop new staffing schedules “that use sophisticated algorithms to rotate employees among jobs that use different muscle-tendon groups to decrease repetitive motion and help protect employees from MSD risks.” The technology will roll out throughout 2021, he said.

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Colorblindness: Implications for Youth Services

ASU Lodestar Center

Young boys are generally not allowed in the Girl Scouts, as noted by Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama : “Our many years of experience shows that girls have unique needs and interests that are best met in a program designed especially for them, delivered in an all-girl setting.”. The bottom line is that youth are not a homogeneous group.

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Flexible, shorter-term apartment startups gain more traction

TechCrunch

Landing has all of these furnishings made in Vietnam and shipped to warehouses in Austin, Phoenix and Alabama, where it is based. The institutionalization of an asset class doesn’t happen by a single group.”. On the customer-review platform Trustpilot, Sonder receives 1.3