The historic union vote at Amazon — and what it means for the tech industry

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Amazon workers at N.Y. warehouse vote to unionize: For the first time in Amazon’s history, a group of the company’s U.S. warehouse workers voted to form a union, delivering a landmark victory for the labor movement and a setback for the tech giant. Who will be next? “Employees who have been asked to work under unreasonable conditions for the last two years are talking to each other about organizing, and feeling like unionizing is possible,” said Charlotte Garden, a Seattle University law professor. Read more.

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Andy Jassy’s salary: The Amazon CEO’s total compensation for 2021, including his first six months as the tech giant’s chief executive, was more than $212 million, Amazon reported in its annual proxy statement Friday morning. But that number is not quite what it seems.

Carmen Best joins Microsoft: The former Seattle Police chief landed a new role at the Redmond, Wash., tech giant as director of global security risk operations.

Layoffs at Silverback Therapeutics: The publicly traded Seattle biotech company will lay off 27% of its 90-person workforce after reporting disappointing clinical data on its lead experimental therapy for solid tumors.

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