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Amazon workers in their thousands across the UK, France, Germany and Spain staged strikes and protest against working conditions in its warehouses this Black Friday.

Thousands of protesters picketed Amazon over working conditions on Black Friday

December 2, 2019

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Amazon workers in their thousands across the UK, France, Germany and Spain staged strikes and protest against working conditions in its warehouses this Black Friday. On the busiest shopping day…

Royal Mail has successfully blocked workers from lawfully holding a strike over the Christmas shopping period which posed a “major threat to UK retail”.

Royal Mail union “extremely angry and bitterly disappointed” as strike blocked by High Court

November 14, 2019

Ben Stevens

Delivery / Supply Chain, Industry, News

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Royal Mail has successfully blocked workers from lawfully holding a strike over the Christmas shopping period which posed a “major threat to UK retail”. The High Court ruled yesterday that…

Walmart Chile will resume talks with workers after widespread strikes over robot push

July 16, 2019

Ava Szajna-Hopgood

Companies, News

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Walmart Chile on Monday said it would resume talks with a union of 17,000 workers who walked off their jobs last week in protest over the retailer’s push to automate…

Amazon Robotics is funding a new AI-powered app which could prevent warehouse workers from getting injured.

Amazon to retrain 100,000 employees

July 12, 2019

Ava Szajna-Hopgood

Companies, Ecommerce, News

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In one of the biggest corporate re-training initiatives to date, Amazon has announced it will be up-skilling one third of its US workforce. The ecommerce giant this week pledged to…

Amazon workers plan strike for Prime Day

July 8, 2019

Ben Stevens

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Amazon warehouse workers in Minnesota are planning to strike during Prime Day later this month, marking the first time a walkout has been hosted in the US during its vital…

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Thousands of protesters picketed Amazon over working conditions on Black Friday

Royal Mail union “extremely angry and bitterly disappointed” as strike blocked by High Court

Walmart Chile will resume talks with workers after widespread strikes over robot push

Amazon to retrain 100,000 employees

Amazon workers plan strike for Prime Day

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