Amazon said on Tuesday it would raise itsminimum wageto 15 US dollars per hour for US employees from next month, seeking to head off criticism of working conditions at the world's second most valuable company. 亚马逊...
Many employees across Amazon’s global facilities had raised their voices against the unhygienic and inhuman working conditions amidst the pandemic last year. This had earned the Company a lot of criticism even while it hired 500,000 global workers in 2020, when online orders surged due to peopl...
“lack of safe and sanitary working conditions” warehouse workers were being subjected to. Cuningham was the first to tweet criticism, which was then retweeted by Costa. Both offered tomatch donationsup to $500 in order to help warehouse workers who have “struggle[d] to get consistent, ...
"We support every employee's right to criticize their employer's working conditions, but that does not come with blanket immunity against any and all internal policies," the statement said. Amazonchanged its policy late last yearto curtail employee criticism shortly after a worker organized a wa...
Anti-Amazon coalition Athena, which received seed funding from billionaire George Soros' Open Society Foundations when it launched in 2019, is working with United for Respect on Tuesday's "call out." The groups' criticism of Amazon comes as demand for the company's online grocery delivery has ...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing criticism after he announced Friday that the country is teaming up with U.S. tech giant Amazon.com Inc. to distribute personal protective equipment like masks and gloves across the country. Public Services and Procurement Canada says Amazon will pro...
In the past few years, Amazon has faced criticism and scrutiny regarding its labor practices and working conditions in its warehouses. High productivity demands, long working hours, and insufficient breaks have raised concerns about workers’ well-being. ...
Amazon's initial response last month to Rep. Pocan's criticism, claiming that people wouldn't work for the company if such tales were true, echoes the logic that other employers have historically used for failing to provide safe and sanitary workplaces, said Professor Rebecca Givan, associate ...
Amazon spends tens of billions every year and employs 250,000 workers in its U.S. warehouses. The process is an incredible challenge and Amazon has faced criticism about working conditions at every step of the process. Watch the video to hear from Amazon workers and see what happens whe...
The tweet came in response to criticism from Pocan, who accused the company of putting on the facade of being a "progressive workplace." "Paying workers $15/hr doesn't make you a 'progressive workplace' when you union-bust [and] make workers urinate in water bottles," the congressman sa...