Amazon appears to defeat union effort in Alabama again, but union leads in vote at N.Y. facility

An Amazon fulfillment center. (GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) Amazon faced off against unionization efforts at company warehouse facilities in New York and Alabama on Thursday,…

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,…

‘Amazon, here we come,’ President Biden says in address to union leaders

President Biden in an address to North America’s Building Trades Unions Legislative Conference. (Twitter screen shot via @POTUS) Just days after the company was on the losing…

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…

Wearing ‘Eat the Rich’ jacket, Amazon union leader testifies before senators and meets with president

President Biden and Amazon Labor Union leader Christian Smalls at The White House on Thursday. (White House Photo via Twitter) Christian Smalls, the leader of the first…

Microsoft acquisition drama continues, as Activision subsidiary’s QA team votes to unionize

(Activision press image) The quality-assurance department at Wisconsin-based Call of Duty developer Raven Software has voted to unionize, which could significantly impact its parent company, Activision Blizzard,…

Microsoft signs ‘labor neutrality agreement’ with union representing Activision Blizzard employees

(GeekWire Photo) The Communications Workers of America announced Monday that it entered into a labor neutrality agreement with Microsoft that will apply at Activision Blizzard two months…