The report is the final product of a probe into Amazon's warehouse safety practices that Senator Bernie Sanders initiated last year. The Vermont independent, a frequent critic of Amazon who chairs ...
Amazon also forces workers to choose between following safety procedures, such as asking for help to move heavy objects, or risk discipline and potential termination for not moving fast enough ...
At Amazon, our employees’ safety is and always will be our top priority—nothing is more important to us. While we respect Sen. Sanders and his work chairing the Senate Committee on Health, Education, ...
Amazon also forces workers to choose between following safety procedures, such as asking for help to move heavy objects, or risk discipline and potential termination for not moving fast enough ...
Amazon knew of the link between increased worker injuries and the company's production quotas, but its executives allegedly rejected safety recommendations to loosen its mandates, an investigation ...
At least two internal Amazon studies found a link between how quickly the online retailer’s warehouse workers perform tasks and workplace injuries, but the company rejected many safety recommendations ...
Amazon previously had undertaken another study, known as Project Soteria, in 2020 to identify risk factors for injuries and recommend policy changes that would improve worker safety.