Amazon has knowingly created a dangerous working environment with higher-than-average injury rates by focusing on speed and productivity rather than safety in its warehouses, according to a report from Sen. Bernie Sanders released Monday.
The 18-month investigation led by Sanders (I-Vt.), the chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, found that Amazon recorded 30% more injuries than the warehousing industry average in 2023.
“Amazon forces workers to operate in a system that demands impossible rates and treats them as disposable when they are injured,” Sanders said. “It accepts worker injuries and their long-term pain and disabilities ...