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Amazon workers will vote whether or not to unionize. Photo: INA FASSBENDER / AFP / Getty Images By: EFE 05 February 2021 SAN FRANCISCO - The agency responsible for enforcing labor legislation rejected a request from Amazon on Friday that asked to stop a vote scheduled for next week in which its workers will decide if they form the first union in the country, so this will proceed normally. The National Labor Relations Board decided that the request of Amazon to stop the procedure based on the fact that it will be held by mail and not in person , was not justified and reaffirmed the start of voting for February 8. Amazon has historically opposed tooth and nail to the formation of any union among its employees, especially in the United States, where there is no rele...

This Tuesday Amazon surprisingly announced that Andy Jassy , current CEO of AWS , will assume the position of Jeff Bezos as CEO of the company during the third quarter of this year . Bezos will become executive president of Amazon's board and indicated that he will continue to participate in different projects such as Bezos Earth Fund , his spacecraft company Blue Origin , The Washington Post and Amazon Day 1 Fund . The company communicated that Jeff Bezos , will leave the position at the end of this year and will deliver the commanded the company's chief cloud executive, Andy Jassy , who joined Amazon at 1997 and has led Amazon's cloud web services team since its inception. Amazon had kept his succession plans a secret, although experts speculated that J as...