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Amazon pushing injured warehouse employees to keep working says a report by Wired
First-aid clinics at Amazon warehouses are directing injured employees to get back on the job, risk…
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Amazon was fined nearly $6 million over claims it violated a worker productivity law in California
Amazon faces a $5.9 million fine from California for not disclosing work quotas to warehouse employ…
Madeline Stone
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Amazon and Walmart warehouse employees are so surveilled that they're worried about breaking to use bathroom: Oxfam report
One Amazon worker quoted in Oxfam's new report likened their experiences on the warehouse floor to …
Natalie Musumeci
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Amazon warehouse workers are seriously injured at twice the rate of employees at similar warehouses, study finds
The Strategic Organizing Center report analyzed federal data and found that Amazon warehouse worker…
Grace Mayer
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Amazon workers in 3 US warehouses staged walkouts as they seek $3 raises and 20-minute breaks, reports say
"People are hurting themselves on this job. Their bodies are breaking down," one Amazon protester t…
Insider Inc.
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Amazon worker says he received daily texts about losing paid time off while he was sick with COVID-19
Amazon worker Drew Duzinskas told NBC the company appears to want to "take the human out of human r…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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How Amazon's warehouse empire reshaped the nation — and the US workforce
Amazon didn't invent the modern warehouse, but it did supercharge it by making efficiency the No. 1…
Avery Hartmans
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said warehouse worker safety was the company's 'priority number one' - but didn't address risks taken by delivery drivers to meet high demand
"For us, employee safety is priority number one for us in our fulfillment centers," Amazon CEO Andy…
Allana Akhtar
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Federal regulators tell Amazon that the 'gamification' of its warehouses contributes to a 'high risk of serious' injury
Federal safety regulators named more Amazon warehouses where they said the pace of work and heavy l…
Sindhu Sundar,Katherine Long
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Amazon plans a pay cut of up to 23% for hourly workers who guide trucks in and out of its UK delivery stations
Amazon said the pay cut would align the UK with the rest of Europe, and that employees had "a numbe…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Amazon just updated its famous leadership principles days before Jeff Bezos' departure as CEO
The two new principles speak to the current size and scope of Amazon, which is now a $1.7 trillion …
Avery Hartmans
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Amazon is breaking the law by putting warehouse workers at risk for back and joint injuries, federal regulators say in new citations
Injuries at Amazon warehouses are linked to the "high frequency" of "repetitive tasks," regulators …
Katherine Long
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Amazon to stop testing warehouse workers for COVID-19 amid rising case rates and low vaccination rates in some states
Amazon is cutting back on some pandemic safety measures, including COVID-19 tests and temperature c…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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Amazon has temporarily shut some warehouses in Florida as Hurricane Ian nears
Amazon has faced scrutiny over workplace safety: In December, six people died at an Illinois wareho…
Huileng Tan
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Amazon 'wellness' guide tells workers to buy shoes at the end of their shift to better fit their swollen feet
An Amazon worker leaked the guide to Vice after he said Amazon told him to keep working despite bei…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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New York's AG is trying to force Amazon to re-hire a worker it fired after he led a protest over COVID-19 safety conditions
New York Attorney General Letitia James also said Amazon's COVID-19 safety protections were inadequ…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Amazon says it knows it could run out of available workers for its warehouses, according to leaked memo
Recode obtained a memo from Amazon dated mid-2021 that showed the company has done research into wh…
Gabrielle Bienasz
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An Amazon worker says she's homeless because she can't afford NYC rent with the $19 she's paid per hour: Report
Vice reported that the woman, who works at Amazon's JFK8 facility on Staten Island, lives in her ca…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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Amazon confirms it is raising pay for warehouse staff and delivery drivers by $1 per hour
The average starting wage for Amazon warehouse workers and delivery drivers will go from $18 to $19…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Amazon is facing a fresh union battle in a New York state warehouse
Amazon has fiercely opposed unionization in the past, and the National Labor Relations Board has pr…