Amazon Prime Day, the 48-hour discount blitz that kicks off Tuesday, is a 'major' cause of worker injuries, a congressional probe found.
The Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Tuesday released preliminary results of a yearlong investigation into Amazon's warehouse working conditions.CREATE FREE ACCOUNT
An Amazon workers pull a cart of packages for delivery on E 14th Street on July 12, 2022 in New York City.
"Amazon continues to treat its workers as disposable and with complete contempt for their safety and wellbeing," Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent who chairs the HELP committee, said in a statement. "That is unacceptable and that has got to change." According to the report, the internal data provided by Amazon shows that its warehouses have been understaffed during Prime Day and the holiday shopping seasons, "endangering workers who have to manage increased volume without increased support," according to the report. The report cites an internal Amazon document, titled "2021 Prime Day Lessons Learned," which states Amazon "met only 71.
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