#Amazon adds 5% fuel, inflation surcharge for sellers

#Amazon adds 5% fuel, inflation surcharge for sellers

“Amazon adds 5% fuel, inflation surcharge for sellers” Amazon will begin charging sellers active on its platform an additional surcharge for fuel and inflation – a change implemented as the e-commerce giant and other major companies contend with surging operating costs. The Seattle-based company said the 5% surcharge will take effect on April 28 and…

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#Amazon renaming IMDb TV to Amazon Freevee

#Amazon renaming IMDb TV to Amazon Freevee

“Amazon renaming IMDb TV to Amazon Freevee” Amazon announced Wednesday its free streaming service IMDb TV will be renamed Amazon Freevee. The new name will take effect on April 27, the company said in a news release. The retailer said the streaming service will also expand its original programming by 70% in 2022, with spinoffs…

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#Starbucks CEO lashes out at unionizing baristas

#Starbucks CEO lashes out at unionizing baristas

“Starbucks CEO lashes out at unionizing baristas” Interim Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz reportedly lashed out at a coffee chain barista who was leading a unionization drive at one of the company’s California locations, telling the worker: “If you hate Starbucks so much, why don’t you go somewhere else?” The alleged encounter between Schultz and the…

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#Why Amazon’s first-ever union isn’t thanking AOC

#Why Amazon’s first-ever union isn’t thanking AOC

“Why Amazon’s first-ever union isn’t thanking AOC” Leaders of the new Amazon Labor Union were clear last week on who doesn’t deserve credit for their victory in organizing a Staten Island warehouse: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. You could chalk up her disinterest in the cause to the risk of being associated with a campaign that could have lost or…

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