Federal workplace regulators from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited seven Amazon warehouses this year for unsafe working conditions, and have 20 open investigations into other facilities. Washington's department issued five citations to four warehouses for similar reasons. In Spokane...
The fines, announced Tuesday, mark the fifth time L&I has cited Amazon for unsafe working conditions in the last few years. Because it has cited Amazon for similar violations at other facilities in Washington—in Sumner, Kent and DuPont, Pierce County—L&I issued a "willful" citation with ...
The Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals, a government agency that hears appeals related to L&I decisions, upheld its ruling to drop four citations alleging unsafe working conditions at some of Amazon’s Washington facilities. In an order issued last week, the boardsolidified its ruling that...
Employees at its warehouses across the U.S. have alleged unsafe working conditions, and they fret over job security in the age of artificial intelligence. Amazon's chief roboticist, Tye Brady, disputes both counts.
"They're working under insane deadlines, often in unsafe conditions," AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Schuler said in the video. "We're standing strong in solidarity with the workers in Shakopee and beyond, but we hope you will too. When you stand up together collectively, that is how we...
Since the union victory on Staten Island, Amazon hasaggressively fought backagainst other organizing efforts, and has staunchly maintained its opposition to unions. Followingreportsof unsafe working conditions in its warehouses, Jassyhas saidAmazon's injury rates ar...
In March and April, the Seattle-based technology companyfired two tech workersandthree warehouse workerswho had criticized Amazon over unsafe warehouse conditions during the current coronavirus pandemic.Amazon Employees for Climate Justice(AEJC), which started in Dec. 2018 to push for the development ...
“While Amazon and its CEO made billions during this crisis, hardworking employees were forced to endure unsafe conditions,” said New York Attorney General Letitia James, who filed the lawsuit. The suit landed just days after Amazon preemptively sued to block it from happening. In its ...
Amazon workers throughout the country have called on the company to close its facilities as dozens of coronavirus cases have popped up in various warehouses. Employees have described unsafe conditions, including working closely alongside each other and not having enough cleaning supplies. Workers in ...
A statement from Amazon U.K. said the claims of unsafe working conditions were wrong. "According to the U.K. Government's Health and Safety Executive, Amazon has over 40 percent fewer injuries on average than other transportation and warehousing companies in the U.K.," the company said. ...