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Humanoid robots are doing some lifting in Amazon's warehouses. But is the human form the ideal shape for the task?
Amazon is testing Agility Robotics' Digit, a two-legged robot, in its US warehouses. There are some…
Lloyd Lee
Meet the Amazon warehouse workers paying the price for fast, free shipping
The injury rate at Amazon fulfillment centers is double that of other warehouses. We accessed rare …
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Amazon announced its first 'fully autonomous' warehouse robot that doesn't have to be caged away from human workers
Although Amazon likes to tout its robotics as a way to increase worker safety, there's some evidenc…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Amazon slammed by US government for failing to record warehouse-worker injuries. The investigation is ongoing.
Amazon has said it's reducing injuries at its warehouses. But if the company isn't recording all in…
Katherine Long
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Amazon engaged anti-union consultants at a weekly rate of up to $20,000 each to work in its Staten Island warehouses, documents suggest
Amazon faces a swell in union organizing activity after workers at its JFK8 warehouse in Staten Isl…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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New York State accused Amazon of discriminating against pregnant and disabled workers
New York State's human rights division alleged that one pregnant Amazon worker was forced to carry …
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Amazon's new robot should strike fear into its hundreds of thousands of warehouse workers
Amazon unveiled a robot capable of handling individual items on Thursday that could reduce the comp…
Lakshmi Varanasi
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Amazon will not receive a fine after one of its warehouses collapsed in a tornado, killing 6 workers
OSHA investigators found Amazon met "minimal federal safety guidelines" inside its Edwardsville war…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Israel's military admits to a series of errors that led to the killing of 7 aid workers: 'It shouldn't have happened'
The military said it mistakenly identified World Central Kitchen's aid convoy as armed Hamas operat…
Mikhaila Friel
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This indoor farming company is trying to win workers over to agriculture — through desk-job benefits
Eden Green is changing how staples like lettuce are grown. And unlike many farm jobs, it offers wor…
Tim Paradis
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President Biden wades into Amazon unionization efforts, warning the tech giant: 'Amazon, here we come. Watch.'
Biden said the choice to join a union should belong to "workers alone" and called out Amazon while …
Hannah Towey
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An armed Amazon worker stopped a shooter who opened fire outside a warehouse in Arizona
One employee of the warehouse was shot multiple times by the shooter, who was then shot by a second…
Katie Balevic
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Amazon is reportedly bringing back its mask mandate for US warehouse workers amid a surge in COVID-19 cases from the Omicron coronavirus variant
The policy, reinstated due to Omicron, covers all US Amazon warehouse workers, even if they're vacc…
Sarah Jackson
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Amazon unveiled a new warehouse robot that can identify and pick 65% of the items it sells. 'This will take my job,' one warehouse worker said.
The company said the possible applications of its new robot arm, Sparrow, include many of the roles…
Katherine Long
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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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A striking Amazon warehouse worker says the company treats its robots better than its human staff
"I wish we were treated like robots because the robots are treated better than us," Darren Westwood…
Beatrice Nolan
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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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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 called the cops on a union organizer who was bringing food to warehouse workers. The NYPD arrested him and 2 Amazon workers.
"I think it started off as a scare tactic that completely went off the rails," Amazon worker and or…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Costco is getting rid of its special COVID-19 shopping hours for vulnerable customers, including seniors, healthcare workers, and first responders
Costco initially said it would get rid of its special shopping hours last summer before rising COVI…