Alina Selyukh
Stories
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National
Jeff Bezos To Step Down As Amazon's CEO
New CEO will be Andy Jassy, the head of Amazon's cloud computing division. "As much as I still tap dance into the office, I'm excited about this transition.," Bezos said.
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Business
For Amazon and Alabama, Warehouse Union Vote Would Shake Up History
If workers from Amazon's warehouse near Birmingham vote to unionize in the next two months, they would turn a new page not only for the company but for the region.
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National
Alabama Could Be Home To Amazon's First Unionized Warehouse In The U.S.
Amazon could be on the verge of its first unionized warehouse in the U.S. If workers at the Alabama facility vote yes next month, they would turn a new page both for the company and the region.
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National
Celebrations Abound In Nation's Capital On Inauguration Day
The nation's capital was quiet amid unprecedented security on Inauguration Day — but there were also celebrations for the history-making vice president.
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Politics
Biden To Call For Raising Federal Minimum Wage To $15 An Hour
President-elect Joe Biden will seek to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour as part of his relief bill. On Friday, workers across the U.S. staged protests to press him to keep the promise.
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National
Amazon Warehouse Workers To Decide Whether To Form Company's First U.S. Union
Some 6,000 workers at Amazon's warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., will begin voting on Feb. 8 on a groundbreaking possibility: whether to form the first union in the company's U.S. history.
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National
Retail Spending Dips For 3rd Straight Month As Infections Surge
Restaurants and bars are reeling from persistent spikes of coronavirus cases. Earlier holiday sales also meant online shopping and electronics sales dipped in December. Retail sales fell 0.7%.
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National
Tech Giants Join Corporate Reckoning Over Political Spending
Money-in-politics groups welcomed this unusually wide-spread — and self-initiated — reckoning by corporations over their own role in contributing to the nation's current political state.
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National
Google Workers Launch Union To Press Grievances With Executives
Over 200 engineers and others joined the Alphabet Workers Union, a big win for labor organizing in largely anti-union Silicon Valley. They are supported by the Communications Workers of America.
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Business
2020 Sets Record For Returns Of Online Purchases
After the mass shipping comes the mass returns. Online shopping drove this year's record sales, and online purchases are much more likely to get returned.