Labor board blasts Amazon's "flagrant" attempt to flout court order

• Instead of having a person read the cease-and-desist order out loud, the company originally planned on showing workers a video, during times of the day when shifts are changing and workers are less likely to see it, according to the motion.

The latest: On Thursday, Amazon did have a person read the order out loud, according to a video viewed by Axios.

• "While we disagree with aspects of the judge's order, we are complying with it," Mary Kate Paradis, an Amazon spokesperson, told Axios in an email.

Big picture: This is one of the first actions Amazon's been required to carry out since these workers voted to unionize — and the intensity of the response from the NLRB shows how ferocious the fight against the union could get.

• The labor board calls Amazon's reasons for not reading this order in person "absurd" and a "flagrant" violation of the court's purpose in issuing its ruling.

What's next: The board is looking for the judge to compel Amazon to do this differently.

Editor's note: This story has been updated with details of Amazon reading the court's cease-and-desist order out loud.