Amazon

'Red wall' Tory MPs urge Rishi Sunak to cut business rates for shops
Northern MPs tell chancellor his budget should protect high street and tax online retailers such as Amazon
Rajeev Syal and Phillip Inman
28, Feb, 2021 @10:30 PM

'We deserve more': an Amazon warehouse’s high-stakes union drive
Workers in Bessemer, Alabama, are pushing for a union – and experts say if they triumph, it could pave the way to organizing fulfillment centers in other states
Steven Greenhouse
23, Feb, 2021 @10:00 AM

UK competition watchdog warns big tech firms of investigations
Companies such as Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple face increased scrutiny from CMA
Mark Sweney
22, Feb, 2021 @11:30 AM

The Guardian view on Alabama’s Amazon rebels: the dignity of labour | Editorial
Editorial: Workers fighting to form the first union at an Amazon workplace in the US are pioneers in the battle to civilise big-tech capitalism
Editorial
21, Feb, 2021 @6:30 PM

Thousands of UK Amazon workers given false Covid test results
Exclusive: officials say the worker had tested negatively but were sent notifications telling them to self-isolate
Sarah Marsh
16, Feb, 2021 @1:27 PM

Jeff Bezos – the man who sold the world: inside the 12 February Guardian Weekly
This week, Mark O’Connell explores the legacy of Amazon’s founder and outgoing CEO. Plus, vaccine questions and Navalny and Putin’s ongoing battle
Will Dean
10, Feb, 2021 @9:00 AM

Amazon's mushrooming power has met an unlikely foe: Bessemer, Alabama | Hamilton Nolan
Voting has just begun on the first real union election at an Amazon warehouse in the US. And the stakes couldn’t be higher
Hamilton Nolan
08, Feb, 2021 @11:14 AM

Online sales tax aims to 'shift balance' as UK high streets struggle
Treasury looks at options as physical shops face dual threat of retail internet and Covid pandemic
Richard Partington Economics correspondent
07, Feb, 2021 @3:59 PM

US billionaires vie to make space the next business frontier
Tech advances mean taking humans to play among the stars is just one of the aims of Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and a host of eager investors
Jasper Jolly
06, Feb, 2021 @4:00 PM

Is big tech now just too big to stomach?
The Covid crisis has turbo-charged profits and share prices. But are the big six now too powerful for regulators to ignore?
Jasper Jolly
06, Feb, 2021 @8:00 AM

Blow to Amazon as Alabama warehouse workers given go-ahead for union vote
National Labor Relations Board denies Amazon bid to delay election and says vote can be conducted by mail
Lauren Aratani
05, Feb, 2021 @6:07 PM

The regime that enabled Amazon's monopoly power is falling apart | Matt Stoller
It is long past time for policymakers to fight corporate concentration. Fortunately, there is good reason to think they will soon do so
Matt Stoller
04, Feb, 2021 @11:15 AM
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