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Teamsters announces national push to unionize Amazon SHARE The International Brotherhood of Teamsters said it passed a resolution today to focus on unionizing Amazon across the U.S. In April this year, workers at Amazon’s fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama, chose not to unionize in what was called a historic union election. If that had gone the other way, it would have been the first Amazon warehouse to unionize, likely causing others to follow. For a long time, reports have surfaced criticizing Amazon for various issues from safety to how it deals with worker...

), for more coverage.  The tech world had its eyes on the House Judiciary Committee (for most of the day — and night) as members marked up the bipartisan antitrust agenda that targets Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon. The meeting continued well into the evening, with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle raising concerns over the implications of the bills that aim to rein in the power of tech platforms.  ADVERTISEMENT Meanwhile, Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) blocked a Senate vote on President Biden LONG ROAD TO REVAMP: An hours-long House Judiciary Committee markup Wednesday created unusual b...

São Paulo, Brazil – The Karipuna Indigenous People filed a lawsuit against Brazil and the province of Rondônia, for allowing illegally registered private land plots inside their protected Indigenous land. The national environmental registry of rural property (Cadastro Ambiental Rural – CAR) is designed to ensure that all property falls within conservation and environmental laws, but is misused by groups or individuals to illegally claim land plots inside protected areas to expand their farm land for cattle grazing and legitimize illegal deforestation on Indigenous lands. These land-gra...

Illegal gold mining in the Amazon is a well-known practice, but advances in satellite imagery could help stamp out the practice.

SpaceX Gets Connected: Satellite Broadband Meets the Data Center Satellite company Telesat is preparing to deploy its Lightspeed network of low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites to provide broadband Internet from space. (Photo: Telesat) Doug Mohney is the Editor in Chief of Space IT Bridge, which tracks the business of space-based satellites. He has been working in and writing about IT and satellite industries for over 20 years. SpaceX, OneWeb, Telesat and Amazon are all moving forward with plans to deliver low-latency high speed broadband across the globe, leveraging the advantages of low Earth...