Posted inBUSINESS & 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.
Posted inBUSINESS & WORK Minnesota House approves safety bill for workers at Amazon facilities and other warehouses by Alfonzo Galvan April 24, 2023May 1, 2023
Posted inNEWS PARTNERS Amazon Indigenous woman wins Goldman environment prize by Fabiano Maisonnave | Associated Press April 24, 2023May 19, 2023
Posted inBUSINESS & WORK Amazon shutters Shakopee facility, agrees to transfer hundreds of workers by Alfonzo Galvan March 31, 2023March 31, 2023
Posted inBUSINESS & WORK Workers’ rights group questions Amazon’s motive for closing Shakopee facility by Alfonzo Galvan February 3, 2023February 3, 2023
Posted inNEWS PARTNERS Amazon tells Minnesota it will shut down Shakopee center, lay off 680 workers by Nina Moini January 30, 2023January 30, 2023
Posted inPOLICING & JUSTICE Top 5 local news stories of 2022: The country’s largest pandemic fraud allegedly occurred in Minnesota, investors preyed on Somali homebuyers, and more. by Joey Peters December 28, 2022January 2, 2023
Posted inBUSINESS & WORK Amazon employees walk out at Eagan warehouse over planned layoffs. by Joey Peters November 1, 2022November 2, 2022
Posted inBUSINESS & 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
Posted inBUSINESS & 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
Posted inSTORIES 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
Posted inBUSINESS & 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
Posted inCoronavirus Amazon workers warned about COVID-19 risks at Minnesota warehouses. Workers kept getting infected by Ibrahim Hirsi June 24, 2020June 24, 2020