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REUTERS/Jeenah Moon Amazon employees have started a new "anti-surveillance" petition, demanding the company stop its labor-tracking efforts. The petition, first created in October, comes amid a series of reports about Amazon spying on its workforce and employee activism, such as unionization efforts. "The central demand of this letter is simply to stop spying on us," the petition says. It's the latest case of employee activism at Amazon, which has seen mixed results so far this year. A small group of Amazon employees have organized an "anti-surveillance" petition...

This month, the Verge reported that the NLRB said Amazon’s decision to fire Courtney Bowden, a worker who alleged she was terminated after advocating for better worker safety protections and and paid time off for part-time workers, violated labor laws. Bowden, who spoke with the Guardian in May, said she had worked at the company for more than two years before she was suspended, and ultimately fired, after trying to provide a co-worker with a 24-hour dispatch hotline to report concerns with the shuttle service to the warehouse. “I had to file a charge with the NLRB because this whole inci...