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Strikes spread across Amazon UK warehouses as workers reject “pathetic” pay offer

Workers across at least 4 Amazon warehouses in the UK have staged walkouts to protest pay offers that would raise wages by only 0.35-0.50 per hour. This will amount to a real-terms pay cut as the UK’s inflation is on track to hit 13%.

US labor fights back against Amazon’s expansion into healthcare

Amazon has violated user data privacy multiple times. Now, the corporation will have access to patient medical records, eliciting protest across US labor organizations

Young Amazon workers on Staten Island rattle the halls of power

A closer look at the organizing efforts of the Amazon workers in Staten Island that made history by winning the first ever union in the US at the multi-billion dollar corporation

Against all odds, workers win first Amazon union in US

The multi-billion dollar company waged a well-funded campaign against grassroots labor organizers, who, after a hard-fought struggle, successfully unionized a New York City warehouse

Amazon workers reject unsafe conditions after storm-hit site collapse and other stories

Today we look at the death of 6 workers after an Amazon site collapsed in the US, reports of civilians killed during a U.S.-SDF raid in Syria, and more

Six workers killed in Amazon warehouse collapse

Despite a tornado warning, the Edwardsville, Illinois warehouse continued operations

Was the space race just about reaching the moon first?

Are we aware that most rockets that the US today uses to power its military and civilian space programs use Russian engines?

Bezos and Musk: New Space Age or billionaire space grab?

We are entering a new space age in which billionaires can leave this world, which they are destroying, hoping to find another world to conquer and destroy

Space is still for scientific exploration, not commercialization

In the aftermath of trips by billionaires to space, Newsclick’s Prabir Purkayastha and D Raghunandan talk about the future of space exploration – both by private and public players

US President Biden imposes fresh sanctions on Cuban officials and other stories

Today we look at demands to lift the US blockade against Cuba as President Biden imposes fresh sanctions, the worsening Covid-19 crisis in Indonesia, and more

Billionaire space race: Joyride for the ultra rich

Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are engaged in a new space race which has been widely hailed by the media. But is this really about exploration or the mere whims of a few rich men?

Unionization bid at Amazon’s Bessemer facility falls through but the struggle will continue

Of the 3,215 ballots submitted by the workers of the Bessemer warehouse, 1,798 votes were against unionization and 738 votes for it. Organizers have pledged to continue the struggle against Amazon’s anti-worker and anti-union policies