Amazon Archives - The Chicago Reporter http://www.chicagoreporter.com/tag/amazon/ Investigating race and poverty since 1972 Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:47:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/logo-1-reverse-1-150x150-1.png Amazon Archives - The Chicago Reporter http://www.chicagoreporter.com/tag/amazon/ 32 32 163009088 For recession relief, Chicago should demand more from big business https://www.chicagoreporter.com/for-recession-relief-chicago-should-demand-more-from-big-business/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/for-recession-relief-chicago-should-demand-more-from-big-business/#respond Fri, 07 Aug 2020 16:20:00 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=6321837 Facing steep budget deficits and escalating income inequality, Mayor Lori Lightfoot should consider a graduated payroll tax and other ways to make corporations pay their fair share.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/for-recession-relief-chicago-should-demand-more-from-big-business/feed/ 0 6321837 ROUNDUP: Race takes center stage ahead of Illinois’ anticipated COVID-19 peak https://www.chicagoreporter.com/roundup-race-takes-center-stage-ahead-of-illinois-anticipated-covid-19-peak/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/roundup-race-takes-center-stage-ahead-of-illinois-anticipated-covid-19-peak/#respond Fri, 10 Apr 2020 21:00:53 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=5782427 Stark disparities in the impact of the crisis emerge as the state marks one month of staying at home and officials are pressed to do more to protect the most vulnerable, including essential workers and the incarcerated.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/roundup-race-takes-center-stage-ahead-of-illinois-anticipated-covid-19-peak/feed/ 0 5782427 Essential workers contract COVID-19 statewide, giving demands a deadly urgency https://www.chicagoreporter.com/essential-workers-contract-covid-19-statewide-giving-demands-a-deadly-urgency/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/essential-workers-contract-covid-19-statewide-giving-demands-a-deadly-urgency/#respond Thu, 09 Apr 2020 22:25:00 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=5775648 Chicago Amazon and Instacart workers join a wave of strikes around the country pushing for warehouse safety, sick leave and more.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/essential-workers-contract-covid-19-statewide-giving-demands-a-deadly-urgency/feed/ 0 5775648 Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says she’s ending poverty in a generation. Is it possible? https://www.chicagoreporter.com/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-says-shes-ending-poverty-in-a-generation-is-it-possible/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-says-shes-ending-poverty-in-a-generation-is-it-possible/#comments Fri, 21 Feb 2020 22:08:24 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=5527962 The STEP summit dissected the scope of poverty in Chicago and examined policies that have been successful so far.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-says-shes-ending-poverty-in-a-generation-is-it-possible/feed/ 1 5527962 Report: Amazon workers’ injuries spike during holiday season at Illinois facility https://www.chicagoreporter.com/report-amazon-workers-injuries-spike-during-holiday-season-at-illinois-facility/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/report-amazon-workers-injuries-spike-during-holiday-season-at-illinois-facility/#respond Tue, 10 Dec 2019 15:15:56 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=5208945 Safety records obtained by the Warehouse Workers for Justice build on recent reporting by Reveal finding that warehouse injury rates climb with automation.

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