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The conditions spurred an Amazon investigation after pictures of employees on mattresses and blankets on the floor became public in news reports. ... call center workers in the Philippines who are ...
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 ...
PHOTO: Amazon employees work to fulfill same-day orders during Cyber Monday, one of the company busiest days of the year, Dec. 2, 2024, in Orlando, Fla. (Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/Getty Images)
Amazon workers protest in Minnesota, 2018. Throughout the late 2010s, warehouses in Staten Island and Minnesota participated in union drives and bargaining. Workers organized for work conditions in particular, such as need for more frequent breaks. Workers have leaked Amazon manager training videos about discouraging labor organization.
On November 28–29, 2021, two workers allegedly died within hours of one another. The first employee suffered a stroke on the site in a trailer shortly after his request; his body was discovered 20 minutes later. The second worker was found in a bathroom of the warehouse and transported to a hospital where they were pronounced dead. [1]
Placards and a papier-mâché Jeff Bezos head at London "Make Amazon Pay" protest in 2021. Amazon has been criticized on many issues, including anti-competitive business practices, its treatment of workers, offering counterfeit or plagiarized products, objectionable content of its books, and its tax and subsidy deals with governments.
Thousands of Amazon workers around the world went on strike Friday, demanding more pay and better working conditions during one of the retail giant’s busiest weekends of the year. The strike ...
Within the warehouse, a quiet caste system separated the Integrity temps from the full-timers. Integrity workers technically answer to Integrity managers and receive Integrity paychecks. Amazon employees receive basic benefits, but the temps typically said they did not. (Integrity says it offers health care coverage in line with the Affordable ...