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Week in Review: Air quality, guns, and SCOTUS

Guest host Mike Lewis discusses the week’s news with Seattle Times Claudia Rowe, Insider’s Katherine Long, and Seattle Times Elise Takahama.

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Hundreds of Amazon employees walk out over company's carbon footprint, in-person work policy

Nearly 2,000 Amazon employees pledged to join a one-hour walkout Wednesday to protest the company’s environmental impact and workplace policies. About 915 of them are based in Seattle, according to organizers of the demonstration.

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Amazon employees prepare to walk out... if they can get enough people

On Monday, a group of Amazon workers at the company’s Seattle headquarters announced they would be walking off the job. In messages and emails sent to fellow employees, the group said they would be walking out on May 31, one week after the company’s annual shareholder meeting.

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Amazon settles with former employee over claims of union interference

Amazon settled a dispute with a former employee of an Amazon Fresh grocery store this week over allegations of unfair labor practices at the Seattle facility.

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Seattle employers beckon workers back to the office. Downtown can’t wait

The era of unlimited remote work is over, at least for some major Seattle employers.

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Amazon cuts 9,000 workers in latest round of layoffs

Thousands of Amazon employees learned they are out of job Wednesday morning as the company carried out its latest round of layoffs.