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BROADVIEW, Ill. (WLS) -- Amazon is bringing hundreds of new jobs to Chicago's western suburbs. The company plans to open a new delivery station, at the site of the old Bosch Plant in Broadview. The jobs all pay at least $15 an hour and include benefits. When the delivery station opens it will power Amazon's "last-mile" capabilities to speed up deliveries for customers in Illinois, a spokeswoman for the company said Friday. Delivery stations power the "last mile" of Amazon's order process and help increase efficiency of deliveries for customers, she said. Packages are shipped to delivery stati...

Well come back, everyone. after a disappointing holiday shopping weekend at the malls, many of americans turned to the internet in search of cyber monday bargains. ibm analytics reports sales jumped 8.1% in 2013. that's less than 2013's year to year increase, likely because many cyber monday deals now start early and extend through the week. cyber monday is huge for amazon.com. the ontine retailer has distribution centers all over europe and america. cnn spent time at one of those warehouses to see how this works. >> reporter: you take a look at this space, it is massive, the size of 28 americ...

Amazon facility. by the way, in 2012, some grad assistants were going to unionize at the university of michigan they voted that down. it's extraordinarily desperation. and the reason i guess the united steelworkers, maybe they have the unblemished record. >> they're providing legal services. >> my dad was a steelworker. he did not come up -- i think this is a good idea. here's why. college sports is a business. if you're working at a business, why can't you organize and get some of that money? >> there's plenty of precedent for unions supporting other unions. and this is a group of workers who...

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