Amazon The Wrong Side Of The Law
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🗓️ 18 February 2021
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Over two million Texans are still without power, and there’s a new storm on the way that’s expected to prolong the icy conditions. Oregon, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia are among the other states dealing with fallout from the extreme weather.
New York’s AG Letitia James sued Amazon this week, alleging that some of its warehouses failed to keep workers safe during the pandemic. We also spoke to an Amazon employee that works in the company's Bessemer, Alabama fulfillment center about the unionization effort there, and what the company is doing to suppress it.
And in headlines: Facebook blocks all news in Australia, LA’s board of education defunds school police, and millions of counterfeit N95 masks have been seized in the past few weeks.
Show Links:
"How you can help Texas winter storm victims"
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/17/us/texas-winter-storm-how-to-help-iyw-trnd/index.html
"How to help and get help in Texas as the winter storm causes power outages"
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/16/texas-power-outage-help-warming-shelter/
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| 0:00.0 | It's Thursday, February 18th. I'm Hila Hughes. |
| 0:09.2 | And I'm getting arrested and this is what the day where we were testifying at the GameStop |
| 0:12.2 | hearings today on behalf of people who bought a tiny bit of Nokia stock at the absolute |
| 0:16.0 | wrong time. |
| 0:17.0 | Yeah, they were expecting a text message saying to get out now, but it never came. |
| 0:20.8 | So they got to be heard, y'all. |
| 0:22.5 | Yeah, I didn't get a text. |
| 0:24.3 | I didn't get a call. |
| 0:25.3 | I didn't get an email. |
| 0:34.9 | On today's show, a new lawsuit against Amazon and a conversation with one of their employees |
| 0:38.6 | in Alabama, then some headlines. |
| 0:40.9 | But first, the latest, the freezing temperatures and inclement weather in Texas are still ongoing, |
| 0:45.9 | with over two million still without power as of last night. |
| 0:49.0 | Safe water is also an issue. |
| 0:51.0 | Harris County, which includes Houston, was under a boil water advisory and officials |
| 0:55.0 | asked that water be used for essential purposes only. |
| 0:58.0 | But to make matters worse, there's a new storm on the way that's expected to prolong |
| 1:01.6 | frigid temperatures and cause more icy conditions. |
| 1:04.9 | More than 100 million Americans are still under some winter weather advisory, according |
| 1:08.8 | to the National Weather Service. |
| 1:10.1 | Yeah, truly, truly nuts. |
| 1:12.1 | And there's also people feeling this in Oregon, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and elsewhere. |
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