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The 2022 Amazon Proposals. Amazon shareholders approve 20:1 stock split, vote down record 15 proposals at annual meeting

04.06.2023 в 05:56

The 2022 Amazon Proposals. Amazon shareholders approve 20:1 stock split, vote down record 15 proposals at annual meeting

The 2022 Amazon Proposals. Amazon shareholders approve 20:1 stock split, vote down record 15 proposals at annual meeting

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Faced with a barrage of proposals on issues ranging from unionization to the environment, a majority of Amazon shareholders followed the board’s lead and rejectedWednesday morning.

They also approved, setting the stage for its implementation in early June, with the goal of making individual Amazon shares more affordable.

David Zapolsky, Amazon’s general counsel, announced the overall outcome of the votes after a series of 2-minute presentations by shareholders and their representatives, who sought to hold Amazon to account on issues including diversity and inclusion, sustainable packaging materials, and worker health and safety.

Detailed voting results are typically released by the company in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing later in the day, sometimes revealing notable trends in shareholder sentiment even when proposals are rejected by a majority of shareholders. We’ll publish those numbers when they’re available.

Amazon warehouse workers spoke in support of proposals seeking to affirm their right to unionize, and seeking the consideration of hourly workers as candidates for openings on the board.

Angelika Maldonada, a leader of the successfulin Staten Island, spoke in favor of a proposal to examine the company’s stance “on the fundamental rights of freedom of association and collective bargaining.”

“Amazon management wasted millions of dollars in anti-union consultants and it all backfired,” she said. “What a waste of time and money. Other successful companies across the world like Kroger, UPS, Kaiser, General Motors and many others make boatloads of money while respecting their workers’ rights and their freedom of association.” 

Brad Lander,asked shareholders to vote against board members Judith McGrath and Daniel Huttenlocher, chair and member, respectively, of the board’s Leadership Development and Compensation committee. He asserted that they “failed to provide independent oversight of human capital management on behalf of the shareholders.”

Lander made the pitch as he presented a proposal seeking to examine the impact of Amazon’s health and safety practices on racial and gender disparities in workplace injury rates.

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A. английский

Дополнительная информация: Произношение английского языка ⟨a⟩

В современной английской орфографии буква a⟩ представляет как минимум семь различных гласных звуков:

    вблизи открытой передней неокругленное гласный / автоэкспозиции / , как в подушку ; открытая спина неокругленного гласный / ɑː / как в отце , который ближе к первоначальному латыни и греческому звуку; дифтонг / eɪ / как в асе и основным ( как правило , когда ⟨a⟩ следует один или иногда два, согласные , а затем другой гласной буква) - это результаты среднеанглийского Удлинения следует Сдвиг Great гласный ;
  • измененная форма вышеупомянутого звука, которая встречается перед r , как в квадрате и Мэри ;
  • округленная гласная воды ;
  • более короткая закругленная гласная (отсутствует в General American ) в словах was and what ;
  • a schwa , во многих безударных слогах, например, в словах about , comma , solar .

Двойная последовательность aa⟩ не встречается в родных английских словах, но встречается в некоторых словах, полученных из иностранных языков, таких как Aaron и aardvark . Однако a⟩ встречается во многих распространенных диграфах , каждый со своим собственным звуком или звуками, особенно ai⟩, ⟨au⟩, aw⟩, ay⟩, ⟨ea⟩ и ⟨oa⟩.

A⟩ - третья по частоте буква в английском языке (после e⟩ и ⟨t⟩) и вторая по частоте в испанском и французском языках. Согласно одному исследованию, в среднем около 3,68% букв, используемых в английских текстах, имеют тенденцию быть a⟩, в то время как это число составляет 6,22% на испанском языке и 3,95% на французском языке.