(DCWatchdog.com) – A bombshell report released by Senator Bernie Sanders shines light on significant safety concerns at Amazon warehouses, revealing an unsettling prioritization of profit over worker well-being, revealing the retailer knew of the problems but didn’t care.
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These findings suggest Amazon executives chose tough production quotas over employee safety, leaving Americans to wonder how far corporate giants will go to maintain their bottom line.
The Senate labor committee report, led by Bernie Sanders, highlights internal concerns about high injury rates at Amazon.
Worker advocates argue that stringent production quotas contribute significantly to the perilous conditions workers face daily.
Despite these alarming revelations, Amazon denies such claims, The New York Times reports.
Interestingly, Amazon’s own internal documents, part of the Senate investigation, link these very quotas to heightened injury rates.
Health and safety teams within the company recommended easing these quotas to mitigate risks, but their advice fell on deaf ears.
Executives were more concerned about productivity and customer satisfaction than the safety of their hardworking employees.
“The shockingly dangerous working conditions at Amazon’s warehouses revealed in this 160-page report are beyond unacceptable. Amazon’s executives repeatedly chose to put profits ahead of the health and safety of its workers by ignoring recommendations that would substantially reduce injuries,” Sanders declared, cited by Dnyuz.
The damning document supports previous findings that Amazon’s injury rates are nearly double the industry average.
Bernie Sanders has been a vocal critic, accusing Amazon of choosing profits over people.
Meanwhile, Amazon spokesperson Kelly Nantel dismisses these claims, calling the report outdated and unverifiable.
Projects Elderwand and Soteria, internal Amazon studies, linked fast work paces with increased injuries, yet their recommendations to modify practices were ignored.
Instead, another Amazon-funded study argued some workers are naturally more susceptible to injuries.
Despite opposition, federal and state regulators, including OSHA, have cited Amazon for safety violations and proposed substantial fines.
However, Amazon has appealed these citations, maintaining that its safety improvements have lowered injury rates.
Employees’ reports of discipline for unachievable productivity targets paint a conflicting picture.
Amidst the escalating debate, the Senate report criticizes Amazon for skewing injury statistics by comparing them to industry averages, further questioning the credibility of their representations.
Yet, Amazon continues to refute allegations of hindering access to adequate medical care, insisting their policies are compliant with legal standards.
It's beyond unacceptable that Amazon, the 2nd largest corporation in America, owned by Jeff Bezos, the 2nd wealthiest person on Earth, continues to put their huge profits ahead of the health & safety of their workers.
Sadly, that's precisely what my 160-page report today found. pic.twitter.com/zkdx7W6V9j
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) December 16, 2024
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