Why this Amazon union vote is significant — for the company and the tech industry
A worker in an Amazon fulfillment center. (Amazon Photo) No matter the result of a potentially historic organized labor outcome at Amazon warehouses, this is a “significant”…
In historic milestone for Amazon and organized labor, workers at N.Y. warehouse vote to unionize
An Amazon fulfillment center. (GeekWire File Photo) For the first time in Amazon’s history, a group of the company’s U.S. warehouse workers voted to form a union,…
Day 2: Amazon defeated the union in Alabama, but did it win on the larger stage?
University of Washington professor Margaret O’Mara discusses the history of tech at the 2017 GeekWire Summit. (GeekWire Photo / Dan DeLong) Amazon warehouse employees voted against unionization…
Union in Alabama again files objections to Amazon’s conduct before second warehouse election
An Amazon fulfillment center. (GeekWire File Photo) For the second time, the union attempting to organize workers at an Amazon warehouse facility in Bessemer, Ala., has filed…