Two workers told the L.A. Times that in recent months as they have become more engaged in the push for higher pay they have been interrogated by supervisors and are more frequently sent to do jobs in different departments instead of their typical assignments, which they believe is a tactic ...
Amazon is significantly expanding its white-collar presence in Southern California, announcing office leases to accommodate 2,500 new corporate and technology jobs in Santa Monica, Irvine and San Diego. The e-commerce giant said Tuesday that it has signed three leases, which combine for 439,000 s...
"What we learned from the pandemic is that any potential disruption can cause ripple effects up and down the supply chain," University of Southern California associate professor Juan De Lara, who studies warehouse jobs, labor and unions, told CBS News Wednesday night.■ Amazon workers protest in...
The company will expand its Tech Hubs in San Diego and the Los Angeles area, including Irvine and Santa Monica. These latest investments come after Amazon opened more than 15 sites across Southern California and created more than 17,000 jobs statewide in 2021 alone, the announcement said. "The...
Set off in part by the rise of gig work, “perma-lancing” and jobs without a set number of hours, the unreliable nature of wages has all kinds of consequences beyond sending families scrambling to adjust when the bottom of their budget falls out. “I have to beg my manager to ensure ...
The strikes happening Thursday are taking place at seven delivery stations, where packages are prepared for delivery vehicles and then given to contractors who drop off them off to customers every day. They include three locations in Southern California, and one each...
California’s Civil Rights Department announced settlements Tuesday with Amazon, Ikea and Kohl’s over allegations that the big-box retailers illegally denied jobs to people based on their criminal histories. Amazon allegedly denied a Bay Area applicant work as a delivery dri...
Drivers arewalking out of facilitiesin Southern California as well as San Francisco, Queens, New York, Atlanta, and outside of Chicago. The union calls it the “largest strike against Amazon in U.S. history.” Teamsters are also setting up picket lines at Amazon Fulfillment Centers nationwide...
According to TMZ, the man had tried to steal an Amazon van, prompting one of the workers to jump in, take matters into his own hands and then beat up the man for allegedly trying to steal the work vehicle.Prior to being beat up by the Amazon worker, the man had allegedly punched a...
35 Amazon is cutting hundreds of jobs at its Seattle headquarters in a rare set of layoffs for the onpne etaipng giant,according to a media report The company will 1 cut hundreds more jobs in other parts of Amazon's operations,The Seattle Times reported on Monday,2 a person famipar with...