For consumer electronics and home appliance retailer Best Buy, washing waste of out of the system is an effort that has grown in ambition and scope.

Brazil's Public Labor Prosecutor's Office said workers were put in a "degrading" environment and had their passports and salaries withheld by a building company.

The ATRI also found that congestion caused the industry to waste 6.4 billion gallons of diesel fuel, creating more than $32 billion in additional fuel costs.

The Teamsters say that they represent more than 10,000 Amazon workers combined across 10 U.S. warehouses and delivery stations.

Amazon claims it has no obligation to bargain with the workers, because they are employees of companies that Amazon uses to deliver packages to customers.

Lawyers for the country allege that the tin, tantalum and tungsten is taken from conflict areas and then "laundered through international supply chains."

Mars is planning to have cocoa it purchases physically separated from products that come from other unverified sources at every stage in its supply chain.

Workers at two Amazon facilities near Atlanta, Georgia, and a delivery facility in Skokie, Illinois, outside of Chicago, also voted to authorize strikes December 15. 

An analysis of company data showed that Amazon warehouses recorded over 30% more injuries than the industry average in 2023.

The Teamsters had given Amazon until December 15 to agree to bargaining dates for the workers it represents at both warehouses.