Caroline O'Donovan
Washington Post
Northern California, CA, United States
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Amazon is paying small-town florists and funeral homes to deliver packages
In a new program, Amazon is paying small businesses in hard-to-reach places $2.50 per package delivered. → Read More
Amazon grew relentlessly. Now it’s getting lean.
After years of growth and expansion, Amazon is starting to slow down. → Read More
Amazon’s belt-tightening affects towns across the U.S.
As Amazon presses pause on construction of HQ2 in Virginia, other towns and cities are feeling the impact of the tech behemoth's belt-tightening, too. → Read More
Amazon Care is dead, but the tech giant’s health-care ambitions live on
After the sudden shutdown of its ambitious telemedicine experiment, the company continues to explore options for a major expansion into the health industry. → Read More
Amazon to shut down its telehealth offering
Amazon will shutter Amazon Care, the virtual and in-home health service it initially created for its employees, by the end of this year. → Read More
Amazon’s health ambitions sometimes clashed with medical best practices, nurses say
Amazon was treating patients years before it bought One Medical — but its fast and frugal approach is a tough fit for health care, former employees say. → Read More
Amazon drones are coming to town. Some locals want to shoot them.
Amazon is planning to test drone deliveries in a rural California town, but not everyone in town thinks their community is a good fit. → Read More
Amazon calls cops, fires workers in attempts to stop unionization nationwide
As Amazon prepares to argue that the union victory in Staten Island should be overturned, employees around the country are accusing it of using illegal anti-union tactics. → Read More
Amazon’s request to close hearing on union victory to public is denied
The labor board just denied Amazon's request to ban the public from attending a hearing where it will make its case for overturning a historic union vote in Staten Island. → Read More
Amazon files motion to close hearing on union victory to the public
The National Labor Relations Board hearing, in which Amazon is set to to present its objections to the Amazon Labor Union’s election victory, is currently scheduled for Monday. → Read More
Microsoft tries collaborating with unions to avoid ‘public disputes’
Microsoft President Brad Smith says the company is committed to collaborating if employees choose to unionize. → Read More
Amazon employees protest the sale of books they say are anti-trans
Amazon employees who oppose the company’s continued sale of books they say are anti-trans rights disrupted a Pride Month event at the company’s headquarters in Seattle on Wednesday morning. → Read More
Black Officers Have Tried To Sound The Alarm On The Police Department Overseeing Lauren Smith-Fields' Case For Years
The Lauren Smith-Fields case is just the latest in a string of troubling incidents for the department. → Read More
Peloton Employees Say The Company Owes Them Money
Workers across the country allege the company didn’t always pay them for breaks and overtime. → Read More
A Third Of Stitch Fix’s Workers Have Quit En Masse
Employees are departing the personal styling company, while those who remain fear their jobs are gradually being replaced by an algorithm. “We know the ultimate goal of Stitch Fix was to get rid of us → Read More
Some Drivers Lose Money Because Uber Bought Postmates
As Uber acquires competitors and consolidates the food delivery market, drivers are losing income and options. → Read More
Amazon Union Organizers Look For Path Outside NLRB
In the lead-up to the biggest union vote in Amazon’s history, the company has already shown it can break the rules and get away with it. → Read More
Comcast Improves Low-Cost Internet After Student Pressure
The company faced criticism from families who said its low-cost internet plan was too slow for online learning. → Read More
Amazon Facing Charges It Retaliated Against Worker
One of the half-dozen Amazon employees fired following worker protests during the height of the coronavirus pandemic will get a hearing before the National Labor Relations Board. → Read More
Uber And Lyft Spent Millions To Win Proposition 22
At the start of the year, it looked like the labor movement was gaining ground in its fight for gig workers’ rights. The tech industry spent big to defeat them. → Read More