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Slog AM: Climate Protesters Block Amazon HQ, City Council to Discuss Minimum Wage Rollbacks, and Trump Lawyers to Argue Election Interference Is Free Speech
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Slog AM: Climate Protesters Block Amazon HQ, City Council to Discuss ...
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Microsoft waives egress costs for Azure customers: Even before the relevant EU regulations come into force, Microsoft Azure is abolishing exit fees for the ...
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Microsoft waives egress costs for Azure customers
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Tech companies sign accord to combat AI-generated election trickery: Major technology companies signed a pact Friday to voluntarily adopt “reasonable ...
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Tech companies sign accord to combat AI-generated election trickery
Quick Glance: Tech Giants Unite to Battle AI-Generated Election Deepfakes
  • Major tech companies voluntarily commit to combating AI-generated election deepfakes.

  • The agreement targets more realistic AI-generated images, audio, and video that deceive voters.

  • Companies won't ban deepfakes but will focus on detection and labeling methods.

  • The accord emphasizes transparency to users and educating the public about AI fakes.
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Microsoft, OpenAI, Google and others agree to combat election-related deepfakes: A coalition of 20 tech companies signed an agreement Friday to help prevent AI ...
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Microsoft, OpenAI, Google and others agree to combat election-related ...
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YouTube cuts 100 employees, continuing tech layoffs trend: Google is cutting 100 employees at YouTube, the world’s most popular video platform ...
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YouTube cuts 100 employees, continuing tech layoffs trend
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Meta, TikTok take EU to court over online content rulebook: Social media giants Meta and TikTok are suing the European Union over a levy that bankrolls the ...
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Meta, TikTok take EU to court over online content rulebook
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Analyst: Not Apple, not Amazon, but this stock is the top choice for 2024: TD Crown analysts select Walmart as the top stock for 2024, with a price potential of ...
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Analyst: Not Apple, not Amazon, but this stock is the top choice for 2024
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Business tries buying the Seattle elections again, quietly this time: Unlike in 2019, when Amazon dropped a money-bomb, wealthy interests are playing it cool ...
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Business tries buying the Seattle elections again, quietly this time
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Amazon Alexa Told Users the 2020 Election Was Stolen: Report: The voice assistant cited less-than-reliable sources for its claims.
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Amazon Alexa Told Users the 2020 Election Was Stolen: Report
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"Election stolen": Amazon Alexa parrots Trump's conspiracy narrative: A chatbot spurred a man to assassinate the British Queen and Bing provides false ...
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Amazon's Alexa tells AI nonsense about the 2020 US elections: The 2020 US election was stolen - Not only Donald Trump claims this, but now Alexa too ...
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Amazon's Alexa tells AI nonsense about the 2020 US elections
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Chris Christie dubs no-show Trump “Donald Duck”: But the other seven Republicans are just debating for second place
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Chris Christie dubs no-show Trump “Donald Duck”
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Shipping in the original box: not everyone likes Amazon's wrapperless initiative: The distinctive Amazon smiley logo could adorn far fewer parcels in future ...
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Shipping in the original box: not everyone likes Amazon's wrapperless ...
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Companies That Union-Bust Must Now Automatically Recognize Union, NLRB Rules: A new framework for unionizations means that a company must voluntarily recognize a ...
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Companies That Union-Bust Must Now Automatically Recognize Union ...
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Tribunal: Petitioners’ evidence worthless — Tinubu’s lawyer: INEC’s Chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu announced Tinubu as the winner of the February 25 elections ...
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Tribunal: Petitioners’ evidence worthless — Tinubu’s lawyer
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What to watch ahead of NewsChannel 5's final debate before mayoral election: It's the last big stage for Nashville's Mayoral Candidates before the ...
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What to watch ahead of NewsChannel 5's final debate before mayoral ...
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Amazon Fires Alabama Union Leader Who 'Lit the Spark of the Current Rise of Labor Activism'
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Amazon Fires Alabama Union Leader Who 'Lit the Spark of the Current ...
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Cartoons of the week: The sick man of the Bosporus: Turkey election, rail chaos, ESC: every day our cartoonists deal with current events ...
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Cartoons of the week: The sick man of the Bosporus
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Robotaxis Are Going to Sound Weird: Good weird! Skip the small talk in a driverless EV and enjoy the audio cues that will guide you through a ride and keep you ...
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Robotaxis Are Going to Sound Weird
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New levy for online retailers: Do we need an Amazon tax?: Barcelona wants to make big online retailers pay. Amazon is to cede 1.25 percent of the profits ...
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New levy for online retailers: Do we need an Amazon tax?
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Chicago Mayor Candidate Backed by Police Makes It to Runoff: Chicago’s mayoral elections is headed for a runoff, with a former head of the city’s school system ...
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Chicago Mayor Candidate Backed by Police Makes It to Runoff
Quick Glance: Chicago's First Openly Gay, Black Woman Mayor Loses Re-Election
  • Rivals chastised Lori Lightfoot for the city's rising crime rates.

  • Lori Lightfoot, Chicago's first Black woman and openly gay mayor, became the city's first non-re-election mayor in 40 years on Tuesday, according to US media.
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There’s major turnover on the City Council, but aldermen on West Side look to keep things status quo
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There’s major turnover on the City Council, but aldermen on West Side look ...
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Kshama Sawant will not seek reelection to Seattle City Council: After a decade on the Seattle City Council, the most senior member — and its only socialist — ...
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Kshama Sawant will not seek reelection to Seattle City Council
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Amazon union victory at Staten Island warehouse upheld by federal labor board: Amazon said it intends to appeal the National Labor Relations Board's ruling.
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Amazon union victory at Staten Island warehouse upheld by federal labor ...
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Map of how Liverpool is set to completely change in 2023: Many people will find themselves living in new wards - here is all the info you need for the big ...
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Map of how Liverpool is set to completely change in 2023
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Amazon Set to Lay Off Thousands of Corporate Workers: Layoffs are part of the tech company’s cost-cutting review
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Amazon Set to Lay Off Thousands of Corporate Workers
Quick Glance: Amazon plans to lay off 10,000 workers, according to a report.
  • According to The New York Times, Amazon plans to fire off around 10,000 employees this week, following in the footsteps of other large digital giants.

  • The reported layoffs would affect at least 3% of the company's corporate workforce and fewer than 1% of its global workforce of 1.5 million people.

  • Amazon joins other large US tech companies in announcing layoffs, including Meta and Twitter.

  • Amazon Keywords Mass layoffs under Jeff Bezos
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Four big companies pour money into Washington’s elections: SEATTLE — While Washingtonians have been casting ballots and making their voices heard in ...
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Four big companies pour money into Washington’s elections
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Brazil: Lula promises ‘zero deforestation’ following election victory: World leaders have congratulated Lula on his victory and welcomed the opportunity to work ...
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Brazil: Lula promises ‘zero deforestation’ following election victory
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The Election of Lula is Only the Beginning of Brazil’s Healing: The salvation of the Amazon (and quite possibly the Earth) hangs in the balance.
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The Election of Lula is Only the Beginning of Brazil’s Healing
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Why the Brazilian presidential election matters for the planet's future: The result of the Brazilian presidential election could have a detrimental effect ...
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Why the Brazilian presidential election matters for the planet's ...
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People in Brazil have high expectations from Lula: Expert: Lula’s win sends a positive signal to the international community. His promise to protect Amazon has ...
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People in Brazil have high expectations from Lula: Expert
Quick Glance: Trump, Johnson, and now Bolsonaro are all gone.
  • What is astonishing in Brazil is how quickly public discourse was turned upside down in the world's fifth-largest democracy.

  • He later deleted the tweet without apologizing or explaining himself, implying that his adherence to truth and "absolutist free speech" may not be that absolute.

  • Lula's victory last Saturday was far from certain; he won by less than 2%.

  • There's also the reality that when Brazil was on its knees, a very bizarre alliance of anyone-but-Bolsonaro bedfellows banded together under Lula.
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This Sunday, millions across Brazil will vote in the final round of their presidential election. The very future of the Amazon Rainforest is on the ballot ... Show more
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❝We are going to prove once again, it's possible to generate wealth, without destroying the environment.❞

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NLRB alleges Amazon’s Jassy violated labor law in interviews: The National Labor Relations Board has filed a complaint accusing Amazon CEO Andy Jassy of ...
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NLRB alleges Amazon’s Jassy violated labor law in interviews
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Lula victory spurs hope for Amazon, fight against climate crisis: Brazil’s president-elect promises to boost protection of Amazon rainforest after surge in ...
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Lula victory spurs hope for Amazon, fight against climate crisis
Quick Glance: Brazil's flamboyant President Bolsonaro remains silent after election defeat
  • Bolsonaro, on the other hand, delayed more than a month to congratulate Biden on his 2020 triumph over Trump.

  • Bolsonaro, like Trump, could face legal problems.

  • An independent political expert, Thomas Traumann, linked the situation to Biden's victory: Da Silva, like the president of the United States, inherits a very divided country.

  • "We faced the machine of the Brazilian state put at his service so we could not win the election," da Silva told the crowd in Sao Paulo during his victory speech.
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Deciphering samba politics in Brazil: A highly political partisan nation, a threatened peaceful succession, and a turn to the left or a return to the right are ...
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Deciphering samba politics in Brazil
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Brazil elections to decide Amazon's fate?

Presidential candidate Lula promises to conserve the Amazon

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Quick Glance: How Bolsonaro established a rightwing movement larger than his presidency
  • Cleitinho Azevedo, a 40-year-old YouTuber and former musician from Minas Gerais who joined the president on stage in Montes Claros wearing a camouflage cap and football T-shirt, was among the Bolsonaristas elected.

  • The election of President Bolsonaro was the cherry on top."

  • Montes Claros and the state in which it is located, Minas Gerais, encapsulate the election's dynamics.

  • "Here the same voter who elected Lula [in the past] elected Bolsonaro last time."
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Unions like the Ironworkers send drones, secret agents after Amazon: Labor groups are pursuing a multipronged strategy attacking Amazon as they face a tilted ...
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Unions like the Ironworkers send drones, secret agents after Amazon
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Amazon workers in Albany reject unionisation, labour leader calls it ‘sham election’
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Amazon workers in Albany reject unionisation, labour leader calls it ‘sham ...
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Amazon workers at Southern California warehouse file for union election in potential first for the state
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Amazon workers at Southern California warehouse file for union election in ...
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Bolsonaro or Lula? As Brazil prepares to vote, here’s what to know: As election day approaches in Brazil, the two leading presidential candidates -- former ...
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Bolsonaro or Lula? As Brazil prepares to vote, here’s what to know
Quick Glance: Brazil: Lula defeats Bolsonaro, albeit by a far narrower margin than predicted
  • Lula defeats Bolsonaro in the first round of the presidential election, albeit by a far narrower margin than projected.

  • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has won the first round of Brazil's presidential election by a close margin.

  • In the first round, polls showed challenger Lula with 50% of the vote, a far wider margin over incumbent Bolsonaro.

  • According to Bruna Santos of the Wilson Center's Brazil Institute in Washington, "bolsonarism" won the first round.
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Who will decide the future of the Amazon?

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Quick Glance: Brazilian Presidential Election: Dozens Arrested for Electoral Fraud
  • In addition, three million reais (571,733.50 euros) were taken in the operation, which began last Monday, according to the Justice Ministry on Saturday.

  • Bolsonaro may refuse to accept defeat.

  • In the polls, Lula is far ahead.

  • The Supreme Electoral Court prohibited individuals from carrying weapons between Saturday and Monday to avert acts of violence during the election.
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Amazon union election in Albany to begin in October: Amazon said the election will take place between Oct. 12 and 17, though a spokesperson for a federal labor ...
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Amazon union election in Albany to begin in October
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Amazon loses first round in challenge to union vote: Amazon has lost the first round in its effort to overturn a historic union victory at a Staten Island ...
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Amazon loses first round in challenge to union vote
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Workers have a lot to celebrate this Labor Day. That’s in part because 2022 has been a great year for unions. Data backs this up ... Show more

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Starbucks and Amazon are fighting to undermine elections — at work: It’s shameful that some of Washington’s biggest homegrown corporations are deploying Trumpian ...
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Starbucks and Amazon are fighting to undermine elections — at work
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Unions are on the rise in 2022. Four charts show just how much.: From union wins to strikes, workers have a lot to celebrate this Labor Day.
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Unions are on the rise in 2022. Four charts show just how much.
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Online user reviews and why they don't work: Also many people can be wrong - elections have proven that, as have most of the collective ratings that can be found ...
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Online user reviews and why they don't work
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Amazon workers at warehouse near Albany file petition for union election: Workers at the facility, which is located in the New York town of Schodack ...
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Amazon workers at warehouse near Albany file petition for union election
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Democrats promised to rein in Big Tech. They have failed.: Members of Congress campaigned on finally setting rules to rein in the power of technology companies ...
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Democrats promised to rein in Big Tech. They have failed.
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Amazon to acquire One Medical clinics in latest push into health care.: The $3.9 billion deal is Amazon’s latest acquisition in the health care industry ...
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Amazon to acquire One Medical clinics in latest push into health care.
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Amazon to buy primary health-care provider One Medical for roughly $3.9 billion: The deal deepens Amazon's presence in health care, an area that it has expanded ...
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Amazon to buy primary health-care provider One Medical for roughly $3 ...
Quick Glance: Amazon will pay approximately $3.9 billion for primary health-care provider One Medical.
  • The firms announced Thursday that Amazon is acquiring One Medical for $18 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at about $3.9 billion.

  • The agreement expands Amazon's footprint in health care, which, according to Neil Lindsay, senior vice president of Amazon Health Services, is "high on the list of experiences that need reinvention."

  • "There is an immense opportunity to make the health care experience more accessible, affordable and even enjoyable for patients, providers, and payers," One Medical CEO Amir Dan Rubin said in a statement.

  • Rubin will continue to oversee One Medical after the transaction is completed.
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Trader Joe’s workers file to hold company’s first union election: In a sign that service industry workers continue to have a strong interest in unionizing after ...
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Trader Joe’s workers file to hold company’s first union election
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NLRB denies Amazon’s ask to close union hearing to public: The NLRB rejected an Amazon request to shut the public out of a hearing on the company’s bid to ...
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NLRB denies Amazon’s ask to close union hearing to public
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Amazon files motion to close hearing on union victory to the public : The National Labor Relations Board hearing, in which Amazon is set to to present its ...
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Amazon files motion to close hearing on union victory to the public
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Want to learn more about Brazil ahead of its elections this October? Our correspondent has put together a list of her favourite books on the country
Our correspondent in São Paulo recommends six books about Brazil: A set of guides to take you beyond the football and the favelas
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Our correspondent in São Paulo recommends six books about Brazil
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The Amazon, Starbucks, Apple union push is capturing what a majority of all American workers now say they want
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The Amazon, Starbucks, Apple union push is capturing what a majority of ...
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Amazon abruptly fires senior managers tied to unionized warehouse: After warehouse workers unionized at one Amazon distribution center, the company appears to be ...
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Amazon abruptly fires senior managers tied to unionized warehouse
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Quick Glance: Amazon Labor Union Loses Bid to Represent Workers at New York's Second Warehouse
  • In an election held on Monday, Amazon employees voted not to join the Amazon Labor Union.

  • It's part of a bigger Amazon organizing campaign that saw another Staten Island facility vote to unionize earlier this year.

  • The union said it will continue to organize at the warehouse and other Amazon locations.

  • According to a Monday tally, Amazon workers voted against union representation at a Staten Island warehouse, a resounding defeat that comes a month after a neighboring facility decided to join.
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Sanders has Amazon union testify, Lindsey Graham says Sanders thinks Amazon is piece of crap
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Sanders has Amazon union testify, Lindsey Graham says Sanders thinks ...
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Amazon, union face off in a rematch election in New York: A second labor win could give workers in other Amazon facilities—and at other companies—the motivation ...
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Amazon, union face off in a rematch election in New York
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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 ...
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Amazon, union face off in a rematch election in New York