Warehouse injuries.
Senator Bernie Sanders published an “interim report” this Prime Day, based on Amazon warehouse injury data from the week of Prime Day 2019. The report claims the company experienced 45 injuries per 100 workers. That’s a shockingly high rate, right? I clicked through to the actual report to learn more about the types of injuries. That never made it into the report, possibly because it doesn’t bolster the senator’s argument. However, there are several anecdotes that surely don’t make the company look great. The Senator recommends the company to pay more, set slower delivery expectations for customers, and decrease worker productivity demands. ~ learn more