Amazon ignored its own worker safety recommendations

By Matt Day
Published 4 Min Read

Amazon warehouse worker tagging boxes.
Bloomberg

Amazon leaders rejected internal recommendations that the company relax warehouse worker productivity rates to curb injuries, according to a report from a congressional committee.

Released Monday by the majority staff for the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, the report makes the case that the e-commerce giant instead accepted “injuries to its workers as the cost of doing business.”

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