Gas prices: Rideshare, Amazon Flex drivers demand higher pay
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Amid rising gas prices, rideshare and Amazon Flex drivers are demanding higher pay to offset it. Mario Ramirez reports

Price of Amazon Prime memberships going up

Amazon announced Thursday that it would be boosting the price of its Prime membership for U.S. customers, citing rising costs as the reason behind the decision.

Amazon Web Services down? Another outage reportedly disrupts some sites

Amazon Web Services (AWS) was dealing with another apparent outage on Wednesday, according to DownDetector — impacting some companies that rely on it.

Amazon driver rescues woman, family dog from dog attack

The Amazon driver happened to hear the cries for help and managed to block the attacking dog’s path, allowing Lauren and her family dog, Max, to escape to safety back inside the house.

Amazon, OSHA promise review after tornado destroys warehouse, killing 6

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration opened an investigation into the collapse of an Amazon warehouse in Illinois, killing six people.

Amazon settles California case accusing it of concealing COVID cases from workers

Amazon will pay $500,000 as part of a settlement reached with California's attorney general who had accused the retail giant of illegally withholding information about COVID cases from its workers. 

FTC warns about ‘Amazon impersonators’ ahead of holiday shopping season

The Federal Trade Commission is warning Americans about a scam involving impersonators pretending to work for Amazon when asking for payments and gift card information.

House committee threatens criminal probe of Amazon over competition practices

U.S. House lawmakers are threatening to seek a criminal investigation of Amazon, saying the tech giant has one “final chance” to correct previous testimony by executives on its competition practices.

Amazon to allow employees to work mostly from home indefinitely

Amazon is trying to get their employees back to the workplace by 2022, but with so many offices around the globe, they are leaving that decision to individual teams and their managers.

California bars retailers like Amazon from firing for missing quotas that interfere with breaks

California on Wednesday became the first state to bar mega-retailers from firing warehouse workers for missing quotas that interfere with bathroom and rest breaks under a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom that grew from Amazon’s drive to speed goods to consumers more quickly.

Amazon eyes 125K more hires, $18+ per hour average salary

Amazon wants to hire 125,000 delivery and warehouse workers and said Tuesday that it is paying new hires an average of $18 an hour in a tight job market as more people shop online.

Amazon partners with Affirm to give shoppers buy-now-pay-later option

Amazon is teaming with payments company Affirm to offer online shoppers a buy-now-pay-later option that does not involve credit cards. 

Amazon to mandate masks for all its workers in warehouses

Starting Monday, Amazon will be requiring all of its 900,000 U.S. warehouse workers to wear masks indoors, regardless of their vaccination status.

California Amazon delivery driver arrested for DUI following hit-and-run crashes

The driver of an Amazon delivery van was arrested on suspicion of DUI after two hit-and-run crashes that knocked down a light pole and smashed up a parked car in a Southern California neighborhood, authorities said.