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Amazon’s no good, very bad month

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Amazon’s no good, very bad month

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Good morning! This Wednesday, Amazon’s many problems, Andreessen Horowitz launched … a blog, Jack Ma has a new hobby, and the Chromification of Windows.

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Amazon’s dilemma

Amazon is not having a great couple of weeks.

First there was the news from the Strategic Organizing Center that Amazon’s warehouse injury rates are about 50% higher than the national average (and double that of Walmart’s, its closest competitor). Then, if anyone was still skeptical about Amazon warehouse working conditions, The New York Times put the questions to rest yesterday with an 11,000-word feature investigating Amazon’s treatment of its workers. Finally, the White House topped it all off by naming Amazon’s biggest foe, Lina Khan, as chair of the FTC, where (as we laid out on Monday) she’ll be well-positioned to launch her antitrust crusade against the ecommerce giant.

But about that worker treatment… […]

 

 

 

 

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