US District Court Judge Diane Gujarati issued the cease and desist order against Amazon on November 18th, which prevents the company from terminating employees over their unionization efforts.
This comes after Amazon made ‘some management changes’ at a Staten Island warehouse in May. These changes reportedly involved firing over half a dozen managers that were tasked with handling the company’s response to unionization.
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union has withdrawn its petition to hold a union election at an Apple store in St. Louis. It says the decision is due to Apple’s “anti-union practices and increased hostility towards workers,” according to Bloomberg.
The accusation is similar to one from the Communications Workers of America union, which called off its own Apple store election earlier this year. Both the CWA and IAM have successfully unionized other Apple stores.
HP, one of the world’s largest PC vendors, according to data from Gartner, announced in an earnings report that it’ll lay off 4,000 to 6,000 employees by the end of 2025. According to numbers cited by CNBC, that’s between seven and 11 percent of its workforce.
This is just the latest in a series of large tech layoffs, not to mention that the PC market has also had an especially rough year following a pandemic boom.
Internal documents obtained by Insider indicate that Amazon’s Alexa division made up the “vast majority” of the over $3 billion that the company lost across its “Worldwide Digital” department, which includes Alexa, Echo devices, Prime Video, and other products.
Amazon confirmed layoffs affecting thousands of employees on its hardware and services teams last week, and the company’s CEO says to expect even more job cuts next year.
[Business Insider]
A disabled employee who was allegedly fired for not coming into Twitter offices to work has filed a lawsuit against the company, claiming that its new rules about remote work are discriminatory (via Reuters).
CEO Elon Musk has previously said that workers who “can show up in an office” and don’t are basically resigning, and while he’s said exceptions will be made, managers may be risking their own jobs by nominating employees for remote work.
Workers at an Apple Store in St. Louis could vote on whether to join the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union soon. The union says it’s filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to represent 82 workers at the location.
That’s the same union that won at an Apple store in Maryland. The NLRB will have to verify the petition before an election is scheduled (unless Apple agrees to let the union happen — unlikely, given its history).
After reports that Amazon plans to lay off 10,000 workers this week, CNBC and The Washington Post are reporting that some workers there are being informed they will need to find another job with the company soon or accept a severance payment. Neither outlet mentioned how many people were affected today, and so far there haven’t been any companywide notifications.
From the Post:
Amazon employees were called into meetings with their managers across the country Tuesday, and many were told they had two months to find another job internally or accept severance payment.
[Washington Post]
