Reaction to Amazon’s organized labor defeat

Inside the UW’s new Population Health center | The sudden rise of sleep streaming ADVERTISEMENT [GeekWire]( SPONSOR MESSAGE: The GeekWire Awards return May 20, 2021: [Celebrate the Pacific Northwest's leading innovators, entrepreneurs and technologists at one of the most-anticipated tech events. Register today!]( TODAY'S TOP STORIES Amazon’s big victory: In a public defeat for organized labor, [a sizable majority of Amazon warehouse employees voted against unionization]( in Bessemer, Ala., in an election overseen by federal authorities Friday. - After the preliminary count was announced, the union said it would object to the election based on what it claimed was Amazon’s illegal union-thwarting tactics. - Amazon issued a statement on Friday: “Amazon didn’t win — our employees made the choice to vote against joining a union.” - University of Washington historian and professor Margaret O’Mara said that even though the union lost, it’s important to put the loss into context. “(The union) is not just going to pick up and go home,” she said. “They have political allies at the national level and even in the White House.” [Read more](http://). Go inside new UW building: A lot can change in the landscape during a year in which social isolation is the norm. At the University of Washington, the Hans Rosling Center for Population Health — funded primarily by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation — has been completed and [photographs show a striking new addition to the campus](. Latest livestreaming trends: Amazon-owned Twitch set another viewership record in March with more than 2 billion hours watched on the platform, including “sleep streaming,” the peculiar phenomenon around watching people nap. [Read more.]( Crypto cash on the go: CoinFlip, a supplier of cryptocurrency ATM machines, is [bringing the ease of bitcoin transactions]( to 18 locations across Washington state. Thanks for reading, have a great weekend, and see all our latest headlines below. — GeekWire Managing Editor Taylor Soper, taylor@geekwire.com, and GeekWire reporter Kurt Schlosser, kurt@geekwire.com. SPONSOR MESSAGE [Become a member, support independent journalism!]( GeekWire members support independent journalism at a time when trusted storytelling and community engagement is more important than ever. LATEST HEADLINES [Livestreaming report: The sudden rise of sleep streaming; GTA role-playing; Twitch keeps growing]( [Amazon employees vote against union vote by wide margin; union to file objection]( [Photos: Go inside the University of Washington’s new Hans Rosling Center for Population Health]( [Tyler Technologies acquires ReadySub, which makes scheduling software for school districts]( [Amazon on verge of thwarting union vote in Alabama; remaining ballots to be counted Friday]( SPONSORED: GEEK REAL ESTATE [5424 NE 13th Place]( [CoinFlip brings cryptocurrency ATMs to Washington state as demand soars for bitcoin-buying machines]( GEEKWORK: TODAY'S TECH JOBS - [Symetra: Software Developer]( - [Symetra: Sr. Software Developer]( - [INRIX: Sales Development Representative]( - [Horry-Georgetown Technical College: Network Engineer]( - [Substantial: Senior Engagement Manager]( - [INRIX: Software Development Engineer]( - [Icertis: Director, Integrated Marketing]( - [Symetra: Sr. Solutions Engineer]( - [Amazon: Principal Program Manager, Finance Operations – Physical Stores Procure-to-Pay Technology]( - [TrueBlue, Inc.: Director, Oracle Cloud Applicaations]( [FIND MORE JOBS ON GEEKWORK]( [HIRING? BUY A FEATURED LISTING TO APPEAR HERE]( [About GeekWire]( [Contact Us]( [Advertise]( Copyright © 2021 GeekWire LLC, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted to receive emails from GeekWire LLC.  Our mailing address is: GeekWire LLC 123 NW 36th St, Suite 203 Seattle, WA 98107  [change email frequency or address]( | [unsubscribe](