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BUSINESS & WORK

Amazon facility in Brooklyn Park provides hijabs for Muslim workers through new partnership

by Alfonzo Galvan August 16, 2023August 16, 2023

Henna and Hijabs partnered with the retail giant to give the company’s SMN1 facility Amazon-branded hijabs to wear to work.

BUSINESS & WORK

Minnesota House approves safety bill for workers at Amazon facilities and other warehouses

by Alfonzo Galvan April 24, 2023May 1, 2023

NEWS PARTNERS

Amazon Indigenous woman wins Goldman environment prize

by Fabiano Maisonnave | Associated Press April 24, 2023May 19, 2023

BUSINESS & WORK

Amazon shutters Shakopee facility, agrees to transfer hundreds of workers

by Alfonzo Galvan March 31, 2023March 31, 2023

BUSINESS & WORK

Workers’ rights group questions Amazon’s motive for closing Shakopee facility

by Alfonzo Galvan February 3, 2023February 3, 2023

NEWS PARTNERS

Amazon tells Minnesota it will shut down Shakopee center, lay off 680 workers

by Nina Moini January 30, 2023January 30, 2023

POLICING & JUSTICE

Amazon employees walk out at Eagan warehouse over planned layoffs.

by Joey Peters November 1, 2022November 2, 2022

BUSINESS & WORK

Amazon’s Shakopee workers rally for better pay, criticize company for not giving Muslim employees vacation on Eid.

by Matt Furber June 17, 2022June 20, 2022

BUSINESS & WORK

Pinnacle Logistics employees in Eagan walk off the job after alleged anti-Muslim remark from supervisor.

by Joey Peters December 14, 2021December 15, 2021

STORIES FROM THE PANDEMIC

Free muffins, a fancy cappuccino machine, and a $1,000 signing bonus: A Minnesota school-bus-company CEO talks about the struggle to hire drivers amid the pandemic worker shortage.

by Ibrahim Hirsi October 5, 2021October 18, 2021

BUSINESS & WORK

‘You can see the disrespect’: Workers at Amazon center in Minnesota walk out, claiming rushed work conditions, unjust firing.

by Joey Peters October 2, 2020October 2, 2020

Coronavirus

Amazon workers warned about COVID-19 risks at Minnesota warehouses. Workers kept getting infected

by Ibrahim Hirsi June 24, 2020June 24, 2020

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Amazon facility in Brooklyn Park provides hijabs for Muslim workers through new partnership

Minnesota House approves safety bill for workers at Amazon facilities and other warehouses

Amazon Indigenous woman wins Goldman environment prize

Amazon shutters Shakopee facility, agrees to transfer hundreds of workers

Workers’ rights group questions Amazon’s motive for closing Shakopee facility

Amazon tells Minnesota it will shut down Shakopee center, lay off 680 workers

Top 5 local news stories of 2022: The country’s largest pandemic fraud allegedly occurred in Minnesota, investors preyed on Somali homebuyers, and more.

Amazon employees walk out at Eagan warehouse over planned layoffs.

Amazon’s Shakopee workers rally for better pay, criticize company for not giving Muslim employees vacation on Eid.

Pinnacle Logistics employees in Eagan walk off the job after alleged anti-Muslim remark from supervisor.

Free muffins, a fancy cappuccino machine, and a $1,000 signing bonus: A Minnesota school-bus-company CEO talks about the struggle to hire drivers amid the pandemic worker shortage.

‘You can see the disrespect’: Workers at Amazon center in Minnesota walk out, claiming rushed work conditions, unjust firing.

Amazon workers warned about COVID-19 risks at Minnesota warehouses. Workers kept getting infected