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Episode 404Apr 5, 2021

Let’s talk about the big Amazon labor story. No, the other one.

And, oh yeah, one more. Today Marketplace workplace culture reporter Meghan McCarty-Carino gives us the rundown.

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The e-commerce, streaming video and cloud-services tech behemoth had a strong first quarter, and the same is expected for the spring results.
The e-commerce, streaming video and cloud-services tech behemoth had a strong first quarter, and the same is expected for the spring results.
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With your regular hosts on spring break this week, Kimberly Adams is joined by Marketplace workplace culture reporter Meghan McCarty-Carino to talk all things Amazon. The Bessemer, Alabama, union vote isn’t the only labor issue facing the nation’s second-largest private employer. Plus: The changing face of vaccine hesitancy, cicada season and First Contact Day.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

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Let’s talk about the big Amazon labor story. No, the other one.