Peak season is hectic during the best of times. It's also when Amazon expects some number of its workforce to take out their stress on their colleagues, or on themselves.
Former and current warehouse workers at JFK8, Amazon's fulfillment center in Staten Island, New York, have refiled an application to hold a vote on unionization.
While Friday's tornado system may have been an unusually extreme weather event for many reasons, Amazon's decision to schedule its workers during potentially deadly conditions is not.
Italy's antitrust authority has fined Amazon €1.13 billion for "abuse of dominant position," the second such penalty it has imposed over the last month.