<story><title>Amazon illegally fired activist workers, Labor Board finds</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/05/technology/amazon-nlrb-activist-workers.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Mountain_Skies</author><text>This case is something to keep in mind anytime Amazon comments on any labor matter, be it minimum wage, visas, diversity, work conditions, contractors, anything at all. Amazon is not commenting on those issues with anything in mind other than its own interests.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ArkanExplorer</author><text>&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theverge.com&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;4&amp;#x2F;20&amp;#x2F;21228324&amp;#x2F;amazon-whole-foods-unionization-heat-map-union&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theverge.com&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;4&amp;#x2F;20&amp;#x2F;21228324&amp;#x2F;amazon-whole-foo...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Whole Foods, which is owned by Amazon, is using a heat map to track stores that may be at risk of unionization&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;a “diversity index” represents the racial and ethnic diversity of every store. Stores at higher risk of unionizing have lower diversity&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;trak.in&amp;#x2F;tags&amp;#x2F;business&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;31&amp;#x2F;h1b-visa-ban-google-amazon-44-tech-biggies-sue-us-govt-over-h1b-visa-ban&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;trak.in&amp;#x2F;tags&amp;#x2F;business&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;31&amp;#x2F;h1b-visa-ban-google...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;In October 2020 Google, Amazon &amp;amp; 44 Tech Companies Sued the US Govt Over the H1B Visa Ban&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.uscis.gov&amp;#x2F;sites&amp;#x2F;default&amp;#x2F;files&amp;#x2F;document&amp;#x2F;data&amp;#x2F;h-1b-petitions-by-gender-country-of-birth-fy2019.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.uscis.gov&amp;#x2F;sites&amp;#x2F;default&amp;#x2F;files&amp;#x2F;document&amp;#x2F;data&amp;#x2F;h-1b...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;European countries make up only 2.8% of the H1B intake.</text></comment>
<story><title>Amazon illegally fired activist workers, Labor Board finds</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/05/technology/amazon-nlrb-activist-workers.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Mountain_Skies</author><text>This case is something to keep in mind anytime Amazon comments on any labor matter, be it minimum wage, visas, diversity, work conditions, contractors, anything at all. Amazon is not commenting on those issues with anything in mind other than its own interests.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>paxys</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s bizarre that this even needs to be said IMO.</text></comment>