First-ever union recognition votes are being cast by Amazon UK employees

On Wednesday, officials will go to the IT company’s West Midlands headquarters to start the legally-mandated voting procedure The GMB union’s representatives have started a month-long voting process at Amazon’s Coventry depot, bringing the internet company’s employees closer to union registration for the first time. In order to perform the legally binding poll, GMB officials … Read more

Judge rules Amazon CEO violated US law with anti-union comments

Andy Jassy stated that employees in a union would “find it harder to get things done quickly and would be better off” without one A federal administrative law judge has ruled that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy violated labor law by making anti-union comments during media interviews two years ago. In 2022, Jassy stated that unions … Read more

Amazon invests an additional $2.75 billion in AI startup Anthropic

The additional funding will increase the technology giant’s total investment in the OpenAI rival to $4 billion On Wednesday, Amazon announced that it would invest an additional $2.75 billion in Anthropic, bringing its total investment in the artificial intelligence startup to $4 billion. The technology giant will retain a minority stake in San Francisco-based Anthropic, … Read more

Amazon profits soar from robust trading season

The world’s largest retailer meets Wall Street expectations with $170 billion in revenue while continuing recent job cuts Amazon’s profits have soared due to strong seasonal trading and significant growth in its dominant cloud computing sector. The world’s largest retailer achieved a revenue of $170 billion in the three months ending in December, marking a … Read more