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Dear John,
Every year for the past three years, Amazon has reported more than 38,000 serious injuries in their warehouses. To Amazon, that’s just a number — but for someone who works on their feet, a serious back or knee injury can change the course of their lives. With Prime Day — one of Amazon’s busiest days — fast approaching, we know that warehouse workers’ health and safety is on the line.
Last year, Senator Bernie Sanders launched a Senate HELP Committee investigation into Amazon’s warehouse safety crisis. That report still hasn’t come out! We know that Amazon won’t protect workers on its own — it requires outside pressure from workers, organizers, elected officials, labor groups, and communities to hold them accountable.
Join us in calling on the Senate to release their report before Prime Day. 👇
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Across our network, workers, organizers, and allies have been sounding the alarm about Amazon’s growing safety crisis and fighting for ways to hold the corporation accountable:
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Last
month,
Amazon
worker
leaders
with
Missouri
Workers
Center
joined
the
Athena
Coalition
in
DC
to
help
introduce
a
federal
Warehouse
Worker
Protection
Act
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that
would
prohibit
dangerous
work
speed
quotas.
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Earlier
this
month,
ALIGN
and
the
New
Yorkers
for
a
Fair
Economy
coalition
helped
to
secure
the
Warehouse
Worker
Injury
Reduction
Act
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,
which
will
establish
safety
standards,
require
annual
warehouse
evaluations,
and
more.
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And
just
a
few
days
ago,
thanks
to
Southern
California
warehouse
workers
speaking
out,
the
California
Labor
Commissioner’s
Office
fined
Amazon
$5.9
million
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for
violating
the
state’s
Warehouse
Worker
Protection
Act.
The Senate HELP Committee investigation is another important step in forcing Amazon to adopt common-sense safety measures for its workers. Add your name [[link removed]] and tell the Senate to release the report before their summer recess in July!
Lauren Jacobs [[link removed]] In solidarity,
Vincent Acuña
Campaign Coordinator, Worker Power and Corporate Accountability
PowerSwitch Action
1305 Franklin St.
Suite 501
Oakland, CA 94612
United States
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