Miami-Dade to fight Amazon over employment deal

The Miami-Dade County Commission voted to sue or take other action to enforce a contract with billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Amazon to employ at least 325 full-time employees at the company’s warehouse in Homestead, built on land acquired from the county. Amazon plans to close the warehouse at 27505 Southwest 132nd Avenue on July 2 and lay off 616 people who work there, according to an April 17 notice the company filed in compliance with the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act. County commissioners unanimously approved a resolution on Tuesday directing Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava to take “any […]This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.