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Amazon to Replace 600K Human Workers with Robots? Tech Giant Denies Rumours

Amazon's goal to automate 75% of its operations could lead to significant employee layoffs, with estimates of up to 600,000 jobs at risk.

International Business Times UK

Amazon will give its delivery drivers AI-powered smart glasses, promising to make the job safer, faster amid automation push

Recent reports citing Amazon’s internal documents found the company plans to automate 75% of its operations—translating to up to 600,000 potential future jobs.

Fortune

Amazon Memos Point To Robot Takeover — 600,000 Jobs Could Vanish (UPDATED)

Editor's note: Updated with Amazon's response and hiring context.

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Amazon’s labor strife puts Christmas delivery in question as strikes launched across nation

Amazon insists its operations will not be affected by the strike

The Independent UK

Senate report alleges Amazon rejected warehouse safety recommendations due to productivity concerns

A U.S. Senate committee says at least two internal Amazon studies have found a relationship between worker speed and injuries in the online retailer's warehouses

The Independent UK

Amazon Blasts Lawsuit Over Alleged Slow Deliveries To Certain Zip Codes, Tells AG: 'We're Protecting Drivers'

Amazon used third parties like UPS and the U.S. Postal Service to make deliveries in certain ZIP codes, a lawsuit alleges.

Benzinga

Amazon Prime Day causes an 'outrageous level' of workplace injuries, says Bernie Sanders

“Amazon should be the safest place to work in America, not one of the most dangerous,” Sanders spokesperson says.

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OSHA proposes $60,000 more in fines for New York, Chicago and Florida Amazon facilities

OSHA proposed a fine of $60,269 for Amazon after finding injury lists at three warehouses put workers at “high risk for lower back injuries and musculoskelatal disorders.”

Miami Herald

OSHA: Amazon failed to record some warehouse injuries

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration made 14 citations against the company during inspections that occurred over the summer at warehouses in New York, Florida, Illinois, Colorado and Idaho.

Chicago Sun-Times

Democrats question worker safety in Amazon warehouse rebuild

Several members of Congress want Amazon to explain why an Illinois warehouse that collapsed during a 2021 tornado, killing six employees, is being rebuilt without adding upgraded storm shelters

The Independent UK

Baltimore-area Apple and Starbucks workers have led the way in nation and state forming unions. Now what?

Workers at the Apple store in Towson, Maryland, won national attention and praise from President Joe Biden after becoming the first of the tech giant’s U.S. employees to unionize. Less than two months earlier, Starbucks baristas in Baltimore’s Mount Vernon neighborhood became the first of the coffee chain’s Maryland employees…

Tribune News Service

Amazon delivery pressure hurting workers, labour group says

SAN FRANCISCO: A labour coalition on Tuesday said that Amazon delivery workers are getting hurt due to pressure by the e-commerce giant to quickly distribute heaps of packages to customers.

Bangkok Post

Nearly 1 in 5 Amazon delivery drivers get hurt on the job each year, new report says

One in five delivery drivers working for Amazon was injured on the job in 2021, a new report says.

Tribune News Service

Amazon fires two union organisers and several managers at Staten Island facility

Tristan Dutchin and Mat Cusick say they were fired last week over job performance issues and Covid-19 sick leave, respectively

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Amazon fires 2 union organizers tied to first U.S. labor win

Amazon has fired two employees with ties to the grassroots union that led the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the retail giant’s history

The Independent UK

Vote tally begins in 2nd Amazon union election in NYC

A federal labor board on Monday will count ballots cast by warehouse workers in a second Amazon union election on Staten Island

The Independent UK

Amazon, union face off in a rematch election in New York

Amazon and the nascent group that successfully organized the company’s first-ever U.S. union drive are headed for a rematch Monday

Chicago Sun-Times

Labor Department orders Amazon to review emergency preparedness plans after tragedy at downstate warehouse

Investigators with the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration determined the company’s severe weather emergency procedures met “minimal federal safety guidelines for storm sheltering,” according to a statement released Tuesday.

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The Independent UK

OSHA: Shortfalls found in Amazon severe weather procedure

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Tuesday its investigation into the deadly collapse of an Amazon warehouse has “raised concerns about the potential risk to employees” during weather emergencies

The Independent UK

Judge rules Amazon must reinstate fired warehouse worker

The NLRB said it found merit in Bryson´s complaint that Amazon illegally fired him for workplace organizing

Chicago Tribune

Amazon warehouse where 6 died in Illinois tornado may have had structural problems, says attorney for victim’s family

An attorney for the family of a 26-year-old Amazon contractor who died in a Madison County Amazon warehouse collapse in December alleged Tuesday the facility showed signs of structural issues.

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