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“Me being the breadwinner hurt him. He wanted me staying with the boys, going to football and soccer practice,” says Di-Key. “When he got Amazon—OK, this is something he can retire from. Something he can work his way up.” The arrival of an Amazon warehouse in Chester felt a bit like the opening of a Ford plant might have a century ...
A top Amazon executive has said there are a lot of "myths" about poor conditions in its warehouses.. Head of warehouse operations John Felton told The Sunday Telegraph that he doesn't agree with ...
During the summer of 2018, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders criticized Amazon's wages and working conditions in a series of YouTube videos and media appearances. Sanders noted that Amazon had paid no federal income tax the previous year, [223] and solicited stories from Amazon warehouse workers who felt exploited by the company. [224]
A Senate investigation into Amazon’s practices found that nearly half of the company's warehouse workers get hurt around the Prime Day rush.. The report comes out on the heels of this year's ...
An anonymous Amazon employee wrote in The Guardian that seasonal warehouse workers were fired over text the day after Christmas last year. An anonymous Amazon employee wrote in The Guardian that ...
On March 30, 2020, Smalls organized a walkout to protest what he said was a lack of proper safety protocols around COVID-19 exposures at the Staten Island warehouse he worked at, Amazon JFK8. He was terminated the same day for what the company stated was violating the company's social distancing policies during a required, paid quarantine.
In April 2022, OSHA said the warehouse “met minimal federal safety guidelines for storm sheltering.” [5] Amazon’s vice president of public policy, Brian Huseman, released a statement saying, “We have not identified any jurisdiction in the United States that requires storm shelters or safe rooms for these types of facilities.” [6]
Amazon is one of the largest employers in Wake County, largely due to its massive distribution center in Garner. This week’s Open Source, The N&O’s weekly technology newsletter, covers a pair ...