#Probe launched into deadly Amazon Illinois warehouse collapse

#Probe launched into deadly Amazon Illinois warehouse collapse

“Probe launched into deadly Amazon Illinois warehouse collapse” US lawmakers are launching an investigation into Amazon’s handling of a deadly warehouse collapse in Illinois in December. In a letter to chief executive Andrew Jassy on Thursday, the House Oversight Committee said it is “concerned by recent reports that Amazon may be putting the health and…

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#Rikers Island to soon deliver food directly to inmates

#Rikers Island to soon deliver food directly to inmates

“Rikers Island to soon deliver food directly to inmates” Room service is coming to Rikers Island.  The beleaguered jail complex is set to close down their commissary store in favor of a new, digital ordering system described as a jailhouse “Uber Eats” that’ll deliver food and other sundries directly to detainees, an internal memo obtained…

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#NYC Amazon workers begin voting in historic union election

#NYC Amazon workers begin voting in historic union election

“NYC Amazon workers begin voting in historic union election” Amazon workers at the company’s JFK8 Staten Island warehouse started casting ballots on Friday on whether to form a union as labor organizers look to New York for the first-ever union victory in the retail giant’s 28-year history. As the second-largest US private employer, Amazon has…

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#EU to crack down on Big Tech with new antitrust regulations

#EU to crack down on Big Tech with new antitrust regulations

“EU to crack down on Big Tech with new antitrust regulations” European Union officials have agreed on the language of new legislation aimed at reining in powerful American tech giants like Meta-owned Facebook and Alphabet Inc.’s Google. Approval is pending for the EU’s Digital Markets Act, which is designed to prevent tech firms from gaining…

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#Jeff Bezos’ ex Mackenzie Scott donated .9B in last 9 months

#Jeff Bezos’ ex Mackenzie Scott donated $3.9B in last 9 months

“Jeff Bezos’ ex Mackenzie Scott donated $3.9B in last 9 months” MacKenzie Scott revealed Wednesday that she has donated nearly $3.9 billion to 465 nonprofits over the last nine months – a tally that included a record $275 million donation to Planned Parenthood. Scott, a 51-year-old author-turned-philanthropist and the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, detailed…

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