Category: Amazon

Worker at Amazon’s Staten Island warehouse dies of coronavirus, advocates demand shutdown

May 5, 2020 4:45 pm Published by mrnyteam Leave your thoughts

A man working at Amazon’s massive Staten Island warehouse has died of COVID-19 amid national attention over the giant online…

March 29, 2020 2:15 pm Published by mrnyteam Leave your thoughts

Amazon warehouse workers on New York’s Staten Island plan to strike Monday to call attention to what they called a lack…

August 12, 2019 1:18 am Published by MRNYpress Leave your thoughts

Dozens of members of Jewish community groups protesting Amazon’s cloud computing contracts and other work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement…

May 30, 2019 8:46 pm Published by MRNYpress Leave your thoughts

Earlier this year, grassroots organizations like the one I co-lead helped block the planned Amazon HQ2 deal in New York. The…

May 20, 2019 2:11 pm Published by Devo Intern Leave your thoughts

ALBANY — The scuttled Amazon deal is a prime example of the need to overhaul New York’s approach to economic…

12:55 pm Published by mrnycomms Leave your thoughts

Download report HERE. Late last year, New Yorkers reacted with outrage to the announcement that Amazon was going to force…

February 16, 2019 3:18 pm Published by Regina Hodge Leave your thoughts

Amazon’s sudden abandonment of its touted New York City project sends a message to companies and elected officials nationwide that…

February 14, 2019 4:29 pm Published by mrnyteam Leave your thoughts

The deal drew opposition even before it was officially announced. The news that Amazon picked Queens as one of its…

January 15, 2019 8:35 pm Published by mrnyteam Leave your thoughts

Follow the Hashtag: #NoAmazonNYC New York, NY – Members of the coalition opposing Amazon’s #HQ2Scam sent out the following statement…