The Verge

MARCH 31, 2022

Workers at Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama held their second union vote | Patrick T. The votes for the union drive at Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, have been counted, but the final result is so close that it will depend on a court hearing yet to come. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Following the union win, Whole Foods asked the NLRB to toss out the election results, arguing the voting process was tainted. However, Amazon has objected to the election result and refused to negotiate over a contract.

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The Verge

MAY 7, 2021

A new phase of the historic union vote by Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama begins today. The news kicks off with an appeals hearing where the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) will contest the results of the election. Many of the tactics Amazon used are legal under current labor law.

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The Verge

APRIL 8, 2022

It’s asking the election results be overturned. Amazon cites precedent in its request to overturn the election results. The company continues, saying “the Region and ALU’s improper actions here warrant at least the same result.”. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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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 ). An air compressor malfunction resulted in smoke emitting from the equipment,” Nantel said.

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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. Sounds like it!

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The Verge

MARCH 22, 2021

The NLRB investigation found that warehouse managers may have violated US labor law on four accounts, Motherboard reports. The news comes amid a historic union vote at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama. Amazon is disputing the results of the NLRB investigation. Workers began voting by mail on February 8th.

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The Verge

AUGUST 19, 2021

At the height of Amazon’s labor battle in Bessemer, Alabama, there was no way to distinguish between workers who actually represented Amazon, and those who were posting satirically. For another platform has tackled the problem of user authenticity in a totally different way, and the results have been … pretty great.

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The Verge

MARCH 28, 2021

For the last seven weeks, workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama , have been voting by mail on whether to unionize. The vote is taking place at an Amazon warehouse called BHM1 in Bessemer, Alabama, outside Birmingham. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Here is what’s happened so far and what might happen next.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 28, 2020

This brought down wireless and wired networks across parts of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Alabama — disrupting cell service, some 911 networks, and communications at the Nashville International Airport, which briefly grounded flights as a result. The result was days of partial service outages, mitigated partly by emergency cell sites.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 20, 2025

Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the incident, along with local law enforcement, but Robertss family members said they are still waiting for answers. These closures will result in more injuries, illnesses, and deaths, Michaels said. according to a study that used data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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The Verge

MAY 4, 2021

But Shopify doesn’t really fit into the same category of laws as Twitter or Facebook or other social media platforms — so it has a different set of moderation challenges, and it’s worth thinking about whether the enterprise software that powers online stores should have to meet the same moderation standards as TikTok or YouTube.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Wilcox has since filed a lawsuit contesting her firing, arguing that it violated some of the very labor laws she previously enforced.) In January, the NLRB reported that the board was hearing 62 separate cases in which administrative law judges had determined Starbucks had broken labor laws. 27, the same day Trump fired Wilcox.

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The Verge

JULY 15, 2020

As Leah Nylen noted in that report: “Alabama is now the only state that is not investigating the company.”. In Bloomberg this week, Gerrit De Vynck looked at the company’s decision to ad a fourth ad to the top of search results in 2015. But as Google increased ad slots to the top of results, that mix flipped. Levin said.

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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. But in a Feb.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

For example, a 2011 Alabama law called HB-56 directed local police officers to investigate the immigration status of drivers stopped for speeding. That law and its resulting effects prompted some Alabama-based immigrant workers to leave the state following workplace raids. billion to $10.8

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

And you need that leadership in order to get the results that we got. You’ll carve away Section 230, the law that says platforms aren’t liable for what users publish, you’ll do algorithmic transparency, you’ll make them audit every content moderation decision they make. And then you’ve got to get the results. And do what?

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