TELL THE SENATE: PROTECT AMAZON WORKERS
Congress
Every month, thousands of Amazon workers get hurt on the job.
A new interim Senate report shows that 45% of Amazon’s warehouse workers are injured during Prime Week alone, and the company’s in-house first-aid clinics discourage workers from getting necessary outside medical care so the company can avoid reporting the injuries to OSHA.
The Senate launched an investigation into the injury crisis in Amazon warehouses one year ago. They’ve shared some initial findings, but the full report still hasn’t been released and we need to see action to protect workers.
Join workers in the fight to end Amazon’s injury crisis – demand the Senate release its report and hold Amazon CEO Andy Jassy accountable for its appalling safety record.
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Thank you, Chair Sanders, for launching an investigation into Amazon’s safety crisis. Monitored at every minute, Amazon warehouse workers and drivers report skipping bathroom breaks, sustaining life-changing workplace injuries, and being driven to unemployment.
The results of the interim report are alarming. The report shows that Amazon is fully aware of its injury crisis and has been misleading the public and regulators. The company also refuses to take common-sense steps to stop the crisis – like slowing the pace of work or raising wages so warehouses aren’t chronically understaffed.
Despite repeated OSHA citations for its safety violations, the company is still acting with impunity. In fact, 69% of Amazon warehouse workers in a nationwide survey reported that they took unpaid time off to recover from pain or exhaustion sustained on the job.
While Amazon continues to claim that “safety is a priority,” it is fudging the numbers to hide its problem. The company’s on-site first-aid clinics have a pattern of downplaying the severity of worker injuries and discouraging people from seeking necessary outside medical care.
Not only do Amazon’s unrelenting working conditions break workers’ bodies; they also break workers’ banks. More than half of Amazon workers report having experienced food insecurity in the past month; and economic precarity is higher for those who are injured on the job.
Congress has a responsibility to stand with working people and address an injury crisis at one of the world’s wealthiest corporations. Releasing the findings of the investigation – and then holding the corporation and its CEO accountable – is essential to keeping workers safe and showing that Congress can stand up to corporate bullies.