Amazon allegedly planned an internal messaging app that filtered words like "union," "pay rise," and "ethics" alongside challenging and offensive terms. The company told The Register the software has not been approved and may never be deployed. Amazon
Highlights
- Amazon allegedly planned an internal messaging app that filtered words like “union,” “pay rise,” and “ethics,” alongside challenging and offensive terms.
- The company told The Register the software has not been approved and may never be deployed.
- Amazon has long opposed unionization efforts and may have contemplated blocking union sentiment in text.
- Amazon warehouse workers last week voted to unionize at the company’s facility in Staten Island, New York, the first successful union vote by Amazon employees in the US.
- Amazon said it was disappointed with the outcome and is considering filing an objection to what the company described as “the inappropriate and undue influence by the [National Labor Relations Board].”