The Verge

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The ads were reported by More Perfect Union ; their removal was first reported by Rod Breslau. The ads were the latest entry in a long campaign aimed at disrupting organization efforts at an Amazon warehouse outside of Birmingham, Alabama. Amazon running the ads on a streaming platform it owns, however, was a very public move.

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The Verge

MAY 12, 2020

The first phase focuses on employees who are unable to do their jobs from home or who are “facing challenges working from home,” reports Bloomberg. Some stores in Idaho, South Carolina, Alabama, and Alaska will apparently be opened sometime this week, and employees will have to submit to temperature checks and wear masks.

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The Verge

APRIL 4, 2022

They apparently did some brainstorming after the meeting, and that’s when the source reports they devised their list of “bad” words. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. With the filter in place, the app would block or flag messages that include words like “union,” “slave labor,” “grievance,” “living wage,” and more.

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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 blast reportedly damaged the building’s structure and facade.

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The Verge

APRIL 29, 2021

billion reported in the first quarter of last year, as the pandemic was beginning to take hold globally. At this time in 2020, the figure reported was a meager $2.5 The account also publicly disputed reports that some of Amazon’s workers pee in bottles to meet company goals, then later apologized to Rep. billion and $116.0

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The Verge

MARCH 9, 2021

Hackers gained access to over 150,000 of the company’s cameras, including cameras in Tesla factories and warehouses, Cloudflare offices, Equinox gyms, hospitals, jails, schools, police stations, and Verkada’s own offices, Bloomberg reports.

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The Verge

APRIL 25, 2021

The NFL will host a series of draft-themed rooms on Clubhouse beginning Monday and throughout the week, which will include player assessments, a mock draft for fans, and a conversation with football team alumni from the University of Alabama. Earlier this month, Bloomberg reported Clubhouse was valued at around $4 billion.

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The Verge

APRIL 15, 2021

The letter comes amid ongoing reports of untenable conditions for Amazon workers. Bezos pushed back on the idea that, according to news reports, Amazon doesn’t care for its employees. Bezos pushed back on the idea that, according to news reports, Amazon doesn’t care for its employees. “In That’s not accurate,” he wrote.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

According to the CDCs latest US Influenza Surveillance Report for the week ending February 8, 2025, the flu this season has accounted for: 29 million illnesses 370,000 hospitalizations 16,000 deaths The CDC’s report also reveals that during the most recent week, 31.6%

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The Verge

MARCH 27, 2021

Amazon has been bickering with US senators on Twitter the past few days via its @AmazonNews account, questioning— among other things— the accuracy of reports that some of its delivery drivers are so overworked that they had to pee in bottles because they didn’t have time to take restroom breaks.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ordered a new election at Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama site, a tentative victory for organizers who had sought to unionize workers at the company’s fulfillment locations. Zoe Schiffer also contributed to this report. Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images.

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The Verge

JULY 1, 2020

Apple is reclosing even more of its US retail network in response to COVID-19 spikes in states throughout the country, CNBC reports. The states hit by this wave of closures include Alabama, California, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, and Oklahoma. Apple has also reclosed some locations overseas, 9to5Mac reports.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Here’s how it will work, from The Verge ’s report on the announcement: Under the new system, participating health departments will assemble a configuration file, allowing them to set their risk scores, redirect users to their specific health department website, and modify the recommendation for users who have been exposed. Image: Apple. “As

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The Verge

APRIL 1, 2022

After Friday’s tally was announced Smalls told reporters he wanted to thank former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos “because while he was up in space we were signing people up.”. The JFK8 election is the first to approve a union for Amazon warehouse workers in the US.

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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.

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The Verge

APRIL 3, 2021

And most importantly, all of this is happening in the shadow of an Amazon union vote in Bessemer, Alabama that could help shape the future of labor in the United States, let alone at Amazon. Let’s get more people thinking about them instead.”. Amazon is currently facing a lawsuit over missed lunch breaks as well.

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Cloud 4 Good

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Leverage the power of Salesforce to create, register, run, and report. We wrapped up the event by showcasing one of our clients, the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) , who utilizes Salesforce, Blackthorn, and Mogli. Blackthorn Events. Track all event attendance throughout the student journey. Putting the Solution Together.

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The Verge

MAY 14, 2020

Apple’s global supply chain is making safety changes to better protect workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, as outlined in the company’s 2020 Supplier Responsibility report. From the outset, we worked with our suppliers to develop and execute a plan that puts the health of people first,” said Khan.

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Candid

MAY 24, 2022

For the last two years, I’ve calculated Equal Pay Day for CEOs and executive directors in the social sector, based on Candid’s most recent Nonprofit Compensation Report. However, the gender pay gap varies by industry, role, etc. This equates to nonprofit CEO Equal Pay Day falling on today, May 24, 2022. . 111,948.00. 111,829.00. 101,964.50.

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The Verge

MAY 15, 2021

The pipeline is now servicing all its markets including Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Washington, DC, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, the company tweeted. Colonial carries 45 percent of the fuel supplies for the eastern United States.

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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.

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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.

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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

AUGUST 24, 2021

Activision Blizzard had already been criticized by both a company shareholder and the press for hiring WilmerHale, a noted union-busting law firm that reportedly helped Amazon initially defeat its workers’ efforts to organize in Alabama.

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The Verge

APRIL 14, 2022

Beyond the difficulty of getting new employees, Jassy does address reports that the company has significantly higher injury rates than the industry average for warehouse workers by saying that it’s working to systematically solve “the top 100 employee experience pain points.” Labor is a hot-button topic for Amazon right now.

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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.

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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. In addition to JFK8, Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama facility recently held its election redo , after the NLRB decided that Amazon had interfered with the first one.

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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

MAY 7, 2021

A new phase of the historic union vote by Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama begins today. If RWDSU is successful, there would likely be another election, Bloomberg reports. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Things are not over,” says Veena Dubal, a law professor at the University of California, Hastings.

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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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Cloud 4 Good

MAY 27, 2021

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has been able to migrate from TargetX into a custom EDA environment for recruitment & admissions that is compatible with Saleforce.org’s new Admissions Connect tool. The entire Cloud for Good team has been fantastic to work with. ?All

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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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The Verge

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Workers also staged a “lunchtime walkout” in an attempt to get Amazon to recognize the union, according to a report from CNBC. However, as reported by Bloomberg , it later withdrew its petition after it was determined that the group needed more signatures.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2022

Last week, Dealbook reported that a flexible living startup, Flow, founded by WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann, has locked down $350 million from Andreessen Horowitz. Landing has all of these furnishings made in Vietnam and shipped to warehouses in Austin, Phoenix and Alabama, where it is based.

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The Verge

JANUARY 26, 2022

This is only the second time Amazon’s warehouse workers have made it to this point in the unionization process, as Vice reporter Lauren Kaori Gurley pointed out on Twitter. There’s currently another union drive at its BHM1 facility in Bessemer, Alabama, where an election is scheduled to begin on February 4th.

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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 day after the walkout, a regional manager interrogated Bailey for an hour and a half, telling him his behavior might constitute harassment, Motherboard reports. Workers began voting by mail on February 8th.

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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?

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