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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 and Walmart are hiring hundreds of thousands of warehouse workers, as the invisible retail underclass form the 'backbone of our economy' this holiday season
Warehouse workers are facing a holiday season in which hazard pay has dried up, but COVID cases are…
Kate Taylor
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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 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 reportedly says California's expanded coronavirus sick leave policy doesn't cover its warehouse workers
Amazon is reportedly telling employees that California's sick-leave policy for warehouse workers th…
Isaac Scher
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'It's a slap in the face': Amazon is handing out 'Thank you' t-shirts to warehouse workers as it cuts their hazard pay
As Amazon gets a handle back on its supply chain, it's started phasing out policies designed to hel…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Amazon extends pay raise for warehouse workers but ends unlimited unpaid time off policy amid COVID-19
Amazon announced on Friday that it's extending the pay raise for warehouse workers until May 16, bu…
Eugene Kim
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Amazon reportedly paused plans to reinstate a ban on warehouse workers having phones after 6 died in a tornado
Amazon had planned to reinstate its warehouse worker phone ban in January, but Bloomberg reported i…
Shona Ghosh
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Amazon warehouse workers are reportedly almost twice as likely to face serious injuries compared to rivals like Walmart
Amazon reported over 24,400 injuries last year. An expert said Amazon's high productivity goals are…
Grace Kay
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Whole Foods must pay $300,000 over accusations that a system meant to track productivity captured warehouse workers' voices without their consent
Whole Foods' warehouse workers in Illinois could receive payments after the Amazon-owned chain reco…
Alex Bitter
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Retailers struggle to hire warehouse workers ahead of the holidays, with brutal hours and poor working conditions taking their toll, a report says
Workers are increasingly put off by working conditions, low wages, and lack of career progression, …
Mary Hanbury
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Amazon is changing how it measures a key productivity metric called 'Time off Task,' which workers have blamed for a culture of relentless monitoring and punishing staff who fall behind
Amazon's "Time off Task" metric refers to time workers spend away from their stations. Staff have s…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Warehouse workers in US sue Amazon over Covid-19 risk
New York, June 4 (IANS) A group of Amazon warehouse workers from a facility in New York has sued th…
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An Amazon warehouse worker in Bessemer, Alabama, has died
The worker was hospitalized after they were found in a bathroom at Amazon's Bessemer facility, wher…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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Warehouse workers are finally seeing meaningful pay increases, but many are still forced to work multiple jobs to make ends meet
But conditions and pay both have serious gains to make. According to the MIT Living Wage Calculator…
Rachel Premack
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Amazon warehouse workers are worried for their safety as supplies of hand sanitizer and wipes run low
But current warehouse staffers have criticized the company for what they see as unsafe working cond…
Ben Gilbert,Isobel Asher Hami…
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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 warehouse workers get injured because of Prime Day rushes, according to a Senate report
Almost half the Amazon workers in warehouses during Prime Day 2019 were injured, a Senate report sa…
Alex Bitter
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Amazon didn't give its UK warehouse workers a full day off for the Queen's funeral
Amazon gave its UK warehouse workers eight hours off for Queen Elizabeth II's funeral, but many of …