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Amazon Pulls Employees Out of Downtown Seattle; Cites Crime-Related Concerns
Amazon Pulls Employees Out of Downtown Seattle; Cites Crime-Related Concerns
Amazon Pulls Employees Out of Downtown Seattle; Cites Crime-Related Concerns
(Seattle, WA) -- Amazon is temporarily moving employees out of its space in the old Macy's store building in downtown Seattle due to concerns over crime in the area. The online retail giant announced late last week that the 1,800 hundred workers assigned to the office space at 3rd and Pine will move to other locations in South Lake Union ...
F.B.I. Deployed Undercover Agents at Protests in Portland
F.B.I. Deployed Undercover Agents at Protests in Portland
F.B.I. Deployed Undercover Agents at Protests in Portland
(Portland, OR) -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation operated a command post in Portland during demonstrations over the last two years to gather information about protesters and to assess threats. The New York Times reports that the agency sent undercover agents to record the actions of demonstrators ...
Seattle Starbucks Workers Push to Unionize
Seattle Starbucks Workers Push to Unionize
Seattle Starbucks Workers Push to Unionize
(Seattle, WA) -- Workers at a Seattle Starbucks location are pushing to unionize. Employees at the Capitol Hill location on Broadway and East Denny Way filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board earlier this week to hold a union election next month ...
Seattle-Area Proud Boy Appeals to be Released
Seattle-Area Proud Boy Appeals to be Released
Seattle-Area Proud Boy Appeals to be Released
AUBURN, Wash.--A prominent Seattle-area Proud Boys organizer is making a new appeal to be released from custody pending his trial on terrorism charges in connection to the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol building. Court documents show 31-year-old Ethan Nordean of Auburn and 37-year-old co-defendant Joseph Biggs of Florida made the appeal in court yesterday ...