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Injuries at Amazon warehouses happen *twice as often* as other warehouses, & the warehouse with highest injury incident rate in the nation is right here in Washington. Stop smashing that Prime delivery button & stop cheering on this company opening new facilities in our city. https://t.co/gzWhtt0CMh
— Melissa Huggins (@MHuggins99) June 1, 2021
“They have unrealistic expectations,” an injured Amazon worker told me. New data that companies submit to OSHA show Amazon’s warehouse workers suffered serious injuries at higher rates than at rival operations - /w @chrisalcantara https://t.co/bP89xyIwI7
— Jay Greene (@greene) June 1, 2021
Amazon, the #2 private employer in the US, is also a leader in another category: how often its warehouse workers are injured. A Post analysis of OSHA data shows higher injury rates than at rival’s warehouses - w/ data mensch @chrisalcantara https://t.co/NUWpLlKZmz
— Jay Greene (@greene) June 1, 2021
Good reminder: the demand is $15/hr *and* a union.
— Joe Sanberg (@JosephNSanberg) June 1, 2021
Raising wages is only one part of creating a dignified workplace.
Washington needs to guarantee protections from exploitative companies like Amazon that only know how to place profit over people.https://t.co/jZPSv1ns3o
A Washington Post analysis of Occupational Safety and Health Administration data shows Amazon’s serious injury rates are nearly double those at warehouses run by other companies. https://t.co/HUo6OgmUJb via @greene @chrisalcantara
— Jennifer Smith (@jensmithWSJ) June 1, 2021
Amazon, the nation's second-largest private employer, is also a leader in another category: how often its warehouse workers are injured.
— Steven Greenhouse (@greenhousenyt) June 1, 2021
Each year, 5.9% of Amazon's warehouse workers suffer serious injuries. That's more than twice Walmart's 2.5% rate.https://t.co/Z6nxwzGK4f pic.twitter.com/p8G80mgbNf
6% of Amazon workers are injured on the job each year, double the U.S. average for warehouses.
— Dan Price (@DanPriceSeattle) June 1, 2021
Jeff Bezos has gotten $75 billion richer in the pandemic. Yet Amazon refuses to give paid sick time and can fire workers for going 10 minutes without working https://t.co/aTT46DU8TJ
A new report indicates that Amazon's obsession with efficiency and customer satisfaction has come at a steep cost to the workers who fulfill and deliver orders. https://t.co/JbeLwxJxki
— VICE (@VICE) June 1, 2021
“In 2020, Amazon workers were severely injured more than 24,000 times, at twice the rate of the rest of the warehouse industry nationwide.”
— Tech Won't Save Us (@techwontsaveus) June 1, 2021
“Amazon significantly outpaces its biggest competitors in terms of workplace injuries, including Walmart and UPS.” https://t.co/Hs4X36yFgS
Amazon delivery jobs are significantly more dangerous than UPS delivery jobs, according to a new report analyzing OSHA data released today.
— Lauren Kaori Gurley (@LaurenKGurley) June 1, 2021
Why? I have a small investigation coming out later this week that might help explain.https://t.co/il6pDo0kT0
Last year, Amazon workers were severely injured at twice the rate of the rest of the warehouse industry nationwide, according to a new analysis of federal data. https://t.co/gttqubiYKS
— Motherboard (@motherboard) June 1, 2021
Monopolies don’t help workers.
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) June 1, 2021
Amazon warehouse have nearly double the injury rate of other warehouses.
It’s time to break up Amazon. https://t.co/3dKYj8SNNM
6% of Amazon workers are injured on the job each year, double the U.S. average for warehouses.
— Dan Price (@DanPriceSeattle) June 1, 2021
Jeff Bezos has gotten $75 billion richer in the pandemic. Yet Amazon refuses to give paid sick time and can fire workers for going 10 minutes without working https://t.co/aTT46DU8TJ
"It’s a stunning degree of incompetence,” Eric Frumin, @thesoc health and safety director, said of @Amazon's injury rate.https://t.co/qqTslu2RTh
— California Labor Federation (@CaliforniaLabor) June 1, 2021
Analysis of OSHA data by @washingtonpost shows Amazon’s serious injury rates are nearly double those at warehouses run by other companies. https://t.co/yNkZDB1CbW pic.twitter.com/1tYTHQ63Gt
— Julie Vitkovskaya (@Julie_Vit) June 1, 2021
This is the human cost of Amazon's incredible 2020 profits:
— Austin DSA (@austin_DSA) June 1, 2021
"In 2020, for every 100 Amazon warehouse workers there were 5.9 serious injuries, which is nearly 80% higher than the serious injury rate at non-Amazon warehouses." https://t.co/abkn3RRUuw
Amazon warehouse workers injured at higher rates than rival companies, study finds (by @annierpalmer)https://t.co/4EZAO5Nyku
— Cyrus Farivar (@cfarivar) June 1, 2021
"In 2020, there were 5.9 serious injuries for every 100 Amazon warehouse workers, which is nearly 80% higher than the serious injury rate at non-Amazon warehouses"
— Brett Pransky (@BrettPransky) June 1, 2021
Shameful. https://t.co/ZtzCaTnprv
Amazon warehouse workers injured at higher rates than rival companies, study finds https://t.co/EUq5nWLBYj
— CNBC (@CNBC) June 1, 2021
Amazon warehouse workers are injured at higher rates than at rivals, including Walmart, according to a new study. via @annierpalmer $AMZ $WMT https://t.co/fKTMsAtRqG
— Melissa Repko (@melissa_repko) June 1, 2021