Tag: Amazon

Amazon Minimum Wage Push Aimed at Crushing Competition, Expert Says

Amazon’s campaign to have Congress institute a national minimum wage of $15 an hour isn’t as much altruistic as it is anti-competitive, according to labor policy researcher Rachel Greszler. Amazon portrayed its efforts as humanitarian toward “workers in need of a raise” as well as “small businesses that will benefit from increased spending.” But the…


60 Years After Eisenhower’s Warning, Distinct Signs of a ‘Digital-Intelligence Complex’

In June 2019, Susan Gordon stood on a stage at the Washington Convention Center. Behind her loomed three giant letters, “AWS,” the abbreviation for Amazon Web Services, the cloud computing division of the giant Internet retailer. After three decades at the Central Intelligence Agency, Gordon had risen to one of the top jobs in the…


Big Tech Employees Donated More To Biden’s Campaign Than Any Other Sector

Employees at Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Alphabet, Google’s parent company, donated at least $15.1 million to President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign, according to Open Secrets. The donations eclipsed the amount given from employees in the banking and legal sectors, according to The Wall Street Journal. The five companies were also the largest fundraising sources…


‘Mythical’ Pink Dolphins of the Amazon River Are Real, but Rare; Here’s How You Can Find Them

If you spend much time watching underwater nature documentaries, you might come to know the dolphin as an incredibly intelligent ocean mammal—it’s demeanor, often playful; it’s skin, typically gray. However, one species of dolphin stands out from the norm. Rather than dwelling in the saltwater of the ocean, this dolphin resides in freshwater rivers; rather…


Amazon Quietly Removes Book Criticizing Transgender Ideology

Amazon has apparently removed from its offerings a book that discusses issues with transgender ideology. The author said he wasn’t notified and the company has offered no explanation. The book, “When Harry Became Sally: Responding To The Transgender Moment” by Ryan Anderson, was removed by Amazon around Feb. 21. The exact timing is hard to…


New York Sues Amazon Over Worker Safety During Pandemic

New York is suing Amazon, claiming the company failed to provide workers with a safe environment at two warehouses in the state as COVID-19 infections surged nationwide. The suit from New York Attorney General Letitia James landed just days after Amazon preemptively sued to block the suit over its coronavirus safety protocols and the firing of one…


New York Sues Amazon Over Alleged ‘Flagrant Disregard’ for Virus Safety

New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against Amazon on Tuesday, alleging that the online retail behemoth failed to adequately protect its warehouse workers from the CCP virus pandemic. James’s office is accusing Amazon of violating state labor laws by “repeatedly and persistently [failing] to comply with its obligation to institute reasonable and adequate…


New York Sues Amazon Over ‘Flagrant Disregard’ for Virus Safety

New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against Amazon, alleging that the online retail giant failed to adequately protect its warehouse workers from the CCP virus pandemic. James’s office accuses Amazon of violating state labor laws by “repeatedly and persistently [failing] to comply with its obligation to institute reasonable and adequate measures to protect…


Amazon Driver Finds Baby Abandoned on Sidewalk by Car Thief, Helps Reunite With Mom

An Amazon delivery driver helped reunite a mother with her missing baby after her car, with the child inside, was allegedly carjacked. The thief abandoned the baby in a newborn carrier by the side of the road. A home surveillance camera on New Haven Drive on the north side of Houston, Texas, caught the baby’s…


Amazon Sues NY Attorney General to Stop Virus Probe

NEW YORK—Amazon is suing the attorney general of New York in a bid to stop her from suing the company over its coronavirus safety protocols and the firing of one of its outspoken workers. In the lawsuit filed Friday in Brooklyn federal court, Amazon said Attorney General Letitia James overstepped her authority by trying to…