The announcement from the 2 companies follows news from Macy’s Inc. on Monday that it will add more than 38,000 full- and part-time seasonal employees.
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Customers want instant gratification. Workers say it’s pushing them to the brink
Drastic changes in consumer demands are driving labor unrest in diverse industries upended by technology.
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Amazon, Marriott and other companies vow to hire thousands of refugees in Europe
Adidas, Starbucks, L’Oreal, PepsiCo and Hyatt have also joined in the pledge.
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Corporate Amazon workers protest company’s climate impact and return-to-office mandate in walkout
Organizers estimated more than 1,900 employees pledged to walk out around the world Wednesday.
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Amazon to lay off 9,000 more employees on top of 18,000 in January
The job cuts would mark the second largest round of layoffs in the company’s history.
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‘Extreme’ delays plague mail delivery during busiest week of year, union says
Some customers, according to the union, are now going five or six days without regular mail service – as the holidays send delivery volumes to their peak.
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As Amazon shrinks, some workers’ last day comes 2 days before Christmas
Amazon began cutting jobs this month, the first of a string of layoffs that is expected to reach about 10,000 workers.
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Amazon begins mass layoffs among its corporate workforce
The online retail giant saw sizable profits during the COVID-19 pandemic, as homebound shoppers purchased more items online, but consumers now rely less on ecommerce.
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Jeff Bezos says he will give away most of his fortune during his lifetime
The Amazon founder had been criticized in the past for not signing the Giving Pledge, the campaign launched by Bill Gates and others to encourage billionaires to donate the majority of their wealth through philanthropy.
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Amazon workers reject union bid in upstate New York
Experts had noted a win there would have given the union more leverage in its quest to negotiate a contract with Amazon and a chance to demonstrate its prior win at a facility on Staten Island, New York, wasn’t a one-off.