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AFP
Amazon Warehouse, Delivery Workers in US Protest Over Virus Safety
31 Mar 2020
Warehouse worker, who flagged infection on Twitter, fired. New York state attorney general Letitia James called his dismissal "disgraceful".
Peoples Dispatch
US Workers Demand Effective Paid Sick Leave Policies to Deal with Coronavirus Pandemic
16 Mar 2020
As the Coronavirus pandemic is raging in the US, only 15% of the fast food workers have paid leaves left, leaving over 32 million workers in a difficult situation.
Peoples Dispatch
Amazon Reverses Discriminatory Policy After Massive Outcry, Offers Free Delivery in Palestine
06 Mar 2020
Amazon had been offering free delivery only to the illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, or if Palestinians, while placing an order, chose ‘Israel’ as their country of…
Peoples Dispatch
Palestine to Sue Amazon Over Discriminatory Delivery Policy
20 Feb 2020
The e-commerce company is offering free delivery to Israeli customers in the illegal settlements, while charging Palestinians in the same area USD 24 or more, unless they select Israel as their…
Bappa Sinha
Uncle Sam Is Snooping: So What’s New?
15 Feb 2020
Huawei equipment may well be more secure than their US counterparts which have a proven history of NSA backdoors since even a single Chinese government backdoor would sink Huawei given the intense…
Newsclick Report
CCI to Probe Market Practices of Amazon, Flipkart
14 Jan 2020
The market watchdog’s order comes in response to a complaint filed by a set of small traders of smartphones.
Brasil de Fato
Bolsonaro Issues Decree, Experts Warn that it Encourages Amazon Deforestation
14 Dec 2019
Provisional decree could lead to escalation of land conflicts in the world’s biggest rain forest.
Praneta Jha
3 Retail Deals in 3 Years for Amazon: Deal With Future Group to Close Soon
07 Nov 2019
With the world’s largest retailing companies setting their sights on Indian retail market, domestic traders fear demise as sector appears headed towards an oligopoly.
Amit Gupta and Vidhi Goel
Should Competition Commission Seize Online Discounts?
03 Nov 2019
Amazon and Flipkart are just two in the long list of e-commerce websites selling everything and anything under the sun and offering discounts to attract consumers.
Newsclick Report
Parcel Union Protest Against Handing over of Railway’s Parcel Business to Amazon
31 Jul 2019
While many experts view this move in addition to the Modi government’s recent attempts to push the railways towards privatization, the union also points towards the overlooking of the rules and…