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Amazon’s Roth told me that “the safety and security of employees is our top priority and we are proud of our safety record.” He pointed out that the illness and injury rate among the Chester facility’s thousands of employees, who have worked 12.5 million hours since it opened, is 42 percent lower than that for general warehousing.
July 17, 2024 at 11:37 AM. A Senate investigation into Amazon ’s practices found that nearly half of the company's warehouse workers get hurt around the Prime Day rush. The report comes out on ...
The report states Amazon's total injury rate — which includes those the company isn't required to disclose to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration — during its 2019 Prime Day ...
On December 10, 2021, an EF-3 tornado hit the 1.1-million-square-foot Amazon delivery depot causing the roof to collapse. Clayton Lynn Cope, 29; Kevin D. Dickey, 62; Etheria S. Hebb, 34; Austin McEwen, 26; DeAndre Morrow, 28; and Larry E. Virden, 46, all perished. In April 2022, OSHA said the warehouse “met minimal federal safety guidelines ...
Amazon said in March that it allocated over $750 million to safety efforts for this year. Amazon’s popular Prime Day sales event has been “a major cause of injuries” for warehouse workers ...
Some warehouse workers of Amazon, the largest American e-commerce retailer with 750,000 employees, have organized for workplace improvements in light of the company's scrutinized labor practices and stance against unions. Worker actions have included work stoppages and have won concessions including increased pay, safety precautions, and time off.
The Amazon Labor Union (ALU) is a labor union specifically for Amazon workers, created on April 20, 2021. [1] On April 1, 2022, the Amazon workers at a warehouse in Staten Island, JFK8, backed by the ALU became the first unionized Amazon workers recognized by the National Labor Relations Board. [2] In June 2024 the union became affiliated with ...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Tuesday called out the “corporate greed” at Amazon, releasing an investigative report ahead of the company’s Prime Day sale that found nearly half of its on ...