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Court Says Federal Law Preempts, Tosses New York Suit Over Amazon Worker Safety
May 11 2022 // A New York state appeals court on Tuesday dismissed state Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit accusing Amazon.com Inc. of failing to adequately protect thousands of workers at two New York City facilities against...
Woman Whose Son Was Killed in Illinois Tornado Criticizes Amazon
May 5 2022 // The mother of a man who was killed in December when a tornado slammed into an Amazon facility in Illinois said on Tuesday that her son was only in the building because he was called into work on his day off. “It...
Woman Says Amazon.com Fired Her Because She Got ‘Long Covid’ – Lawsuit
May 4 2022 // NEW YORK –– A former Amazon.com Inc. employee sued the online retailer on Monday, saying it wrongly fired her and demanded she repay wages after she contracted “long COVID.” Brittany Hope, 29, a...
Amazon Urged to Review Emergency Plans in Wake of Deadly Tornado
Apr 28 2022 // Amazon.com Inc. should better prepare workers for extreme weather events, according to federal regulators who investigated a deadly tornado strike on a company warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois. The storm ripped through...
Labor Board Judge Rules Amazon Must Reinstate Fired Warehouse Worker
Apr 20 2022 // A judge has ruled Amazon must reinstate a former warehouse employee who was fired in the early days of the pandemic, saying the company “unlawfully” terminated the worker who led a protest calling for Amazon to...
Amazon CEO Jassy Says He Wants to Improve Warehouse Safety
Apr 18 2022 // In his first letter to Amazon shareholders, CEO Andy Jassy offered a defense of the wages and benefits the company gives its warehouse workers while also vowing to improve injury rates inside the facilities. Jassy, who...
Amazon Drone Crashes Hit Jeff Bezos’ Delivery Dreams
Apr 11 2022 // Jeff Bezos went on 60 Minutes in 2013 and pledged to fill the skies with a fleet of delivery drones that could zip parcels to customers’ homes in 30 minutes. Asked when this future would arrive, the Amazon.com Inc....
Amazon Faces Shareholder Vote on Treatment of Warehouse Workers
Apr 7 2022 // Follows SEC backing for vote after guidance change Filed by retail activist platform Tulipshare Amazon.com Inc., the world’s biggest retailer, will face a shareholder vote calling for an independent audit of its...
Lawmakers Probing Amazon Labor Practices Following Illinois Tornado Deaths
Apr 5 2022 // The U.S. House Oversight Committee is opening an investigation into Amazon.com’s labor practices during extreme weather events, following the death of six workers during a swarm of tornados last year. In a letter...
Amazon Cited for Unsafe Work Practices at Washington Fulfillment Center
Apr 4 2022 // Amazon is facing a willful serious violation and a $60,000 fine for knowingly putting workers at risk of injury at its fulfillment center in Kent, Washington. A Washington Department of Labor & Industries inspection at...
Amazon Cited for Unsafe Work Practices at Washington Fulfillment Center
Mar 24 2022 // Amazon is facing a willful serious violation and a $60,000 fine for knowingly putting workers at risk of injury at its fulfillment center in Kent, Washington. A Washington Department of Labor & Industries inspection at...
U.S. House Panel Refers Amazon to Justice Department Amid Competition Probe
Mar 9 2022 // Five members of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee have asked the U.S. Department Of Justice (DOJ) to investigate Amazon.com Inc for “potentially criminal conduct” by the company and some of its senior...
OSHA Fines Contractors at Philadelphia Amazon Site Over Worker Death
Feb 28 2022 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed fines against two construction firms working on a new Amazon facility in Philadelphia after a worker died from being trapped...
Virginia Lawsuit Blames Amazon Demands on Delivery Drivers for Crash
Feb 23 2022 // A North Carolina motorcyclist who lost a leg after a collision with an Amazon delivery truck has filed a lawsuit arguing that unrealistic expectations for the tech giant’s delivery drivers have led to...
COVID Underscores Lack of Whistleblower Protections
Feb 22 2022 // Originally posted on Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. Inside a partially completed Amazon warehouse here, workers last summer walked on conveyor belts four stories high without safety harnesses,...
Judge Dismisses Fired Amazon Worker’s Lawsuit Alleging Discrimination
Feb 9 2022 // A federal judge on Monday sided with Amazon.com Inc. in dismissing a discrimination lawsuit that workplace organizer Christian Smalls had filed against his former employer. U.S. District Judge Rachel Kovner rejected...
Amazon Care Is Expanding In-Person Medical Services to 20 Additional Cities
Feb 8 2022 // Amazon said it will be expanding its in-person health care service locations accessed through its virtual Amazon Care unit to more than 20 additional cities this year. Amazon Care’s virtual tele-health service for...
Amazon Discloses Employee Injury Rates Compared to Peers
Jan 25 2022 // Amazon.com Inc .on Monday reported injury figures for 2020 showing worse-than-average safety rates in its U.S. warehouses but a better record than peers in delivery. The online retailer also said staff injuries and...
Tornado Victim’s Family Sues Amazon Over Illinois Warehouse Collapse
Jan 19 2022 // The family of a delivery driver who died last month when a tornado collapsed the central Illinois Amazon facility where he worked filed a wrongful deathlawsuitMonday in Madison County. The action on behalf of Austin...
‘Keep Delivering’: Amazon Tornado Tragedy Raises Emergency Safety Training Questions
Dec 17 2021 // The messages between an Amazon.com Inc. delivery driver and her boss began about 80 minutes before a tornado struck one of the company’s warehouses in Edwardsville, Illinois, on Dec. 10, killing six workers. The...
