Amazon ignored or dismissed safety concerns.
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The Big Story
Mon. Dec 23, 2019
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Inside Documents Show How Amazon Chose Speed Over Safety in Building Its Delivery Network
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Amazon ignored or dismissed safety concerns about its delivery network to prioritize speed and explosive growth, according to new documents and interviews with insiders.
by James Bandler, Patricia Callahan and Doris Burke, ProPublica, Ken Bensinger and Caroline O’Donovan, BuzzFeed News
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How Amazon Hooked America On Fast Delivery While Avoiding Responsibility for Crashes
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Our investigation found Amazon escapes responsibility for its role in deaths and serious injuries even though the company keeps a tight grip on how third-party delivery drivers do their jobs.
by Patricia Callahan
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His Mother Was Killed by a Van Making Amazon Deliveries. Here’s the Letter He Wrote to Jeff Bezos.
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“I think this attitude of reckless speed stems from the top and trickles down,” Tyler Hayes wrote.
by Patricia Callahan
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A Truck Delivering Amazon Holiday Packages. A Crash. A Family That Will Never Be the Same.
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Two weeks shy of her 85th birthday, Telesfora Escamilla was struck and killed by a van delivering Amazon packages. The driver was acquitted. The family is suing Amazon.
by Patricia Callahan
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Senator Demands Answers From Amazon on Delivery Crashes and Contract Drivers
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Sen. Richard Blumenthal, citing a ProPublica investigation, blasts Amazon for “evasive practices and moves to cut regulatory corners.”
by Patricia Callahan and James Bandler
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Senators Frustrated by Amazon’s “Evasive” Response to Questions on Driver Safety
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Amazon refuses to disclose the names of the contractors it uses to deliver its packages, calling it “competitive, confidential business information.”
by Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, and Caroline O’Donovan and Ken Bensinger, BuzzFeed News
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Amazon Cuts Contracts With Delivery Companies Linked to Deaths
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More than 2,000 workers in eight states will lose their jobs after Amazon dropped three companies after reports by BuzzFeed News and ProPublica.
by Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, and Caroline O’Donovan and Ken Bensinger, BuzzFeed News
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