2+ day, 2+ hour ago (249+ words) A community in New Jersey stepped up to rally around a nonprofit after a real-life Grinch got away with hundreds of toys for children in need. Wheels of Change in West Deptford, New Jersey, was scrambling to replace hundreds of toys before Christmas after a thief allegedly cut the locks off their trailer and stole bags of gifts. The organization had put the toys away in the trailer to set them aside for more than 600 children. "Honestly, my stomach dropped. I wanted to cry," Wheels of Change founder Brenda Gonzalez had told NBC Philadelphia. "As we were having a food distribution outside for Thanksgiving we noticed that the locks were cut." There are no surveillance cameras outside of the nonprofit's building, so organizers said that they didn't know when the theft happened or who possibly committed the theft. Wheels of…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago (575+ words) The state of New Jersey is suing retail giant Amazon for allegedly violating the rights of pregnant workers and workers with disabilities in a systematic fashion at their warehouses. In a criminal complaint released on Wednesday, Oct. 22, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin and other state leaders explained that the alleged incidents happened in the company's warehouses and shared examples of allegations. According to officials, Amazon has a history of putting workers on leave without pay as the company reviews their requests for accommodations. Meanwhile, a majority of requested accommodations are denied before Amazon reviews alternative solutions that could help the worker, officials said. According to investigators, the company often won't respond to the worker and will leave them in the dark. In some instances, the company allegedly fired a worker who requested the accommodation days or weeks after the…...