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Amazon, the most powerful e-commerce company in the world, has a weak history of trying to correct its dangerous labor practices that often lead to the exploitation of blue-collar workers.
Not only is theĀ e-commerce companyĀ using its power toĀ censorĀ andĀ deplatformĀ content and organizations it doesnāt agree with, but the corporate giant also engages its influence, which it claims to dedicate to āimproving livesā and financially supporting leftist movements such as Black Lives Matter with millions of dollars, to provideĀ damage controlĀ for its clear pattern of dangerous and derogatory working conditions in its facilities all around the world.
In the midst of the largest and longest government-induced lockdowns in American history, a self-inflicted tragedy that put a dent in the nationās economy, business at Amazon was booming. Not only did the e-commerce company hire more thanĀ 427,300 employeesĀ all around the world in 10 short months, but the company confessed just four months into the lockdowns that its revenue shot up by at leastĀ 40 percent compared to 2019, a jump aided and abetted by politicians and health officials who continued to keep brick and mortar stores closed. . . .
Amazonās track record with its workers, though, doesnāt necessarily reconcile with its corporate financial success. One simple internet search about Amazonās lack of fair labor practices provides hundreds of thousands of results detailing hazards such as high or low temperatures in warehouses, items, and products that are too heavy for a worker to handle unassisted, excessive standing periods, heightened productivity rushed by theĀ threat of losing the job, elaborateĀ non-compete agreements, a lack of breaks, instructions to not call 911 if anything goes wrong, and other dangers that resulted in injuries, illness, and in some cases, contributed toĀ death.
For more than a decade, Amazon employees all around the world have spoken out about the āsweatshopā working conditions in the companyās warehouses and on delivery routes as the company routinely engages inĀ dishonest campaigns that boast of ārobust safety managementā even during peak business seasons.Ā . . .
In 2019 alone, āAmazon fulfillment centers recorded 14,000 serious injuries ā those requiring days off or job restrictionsā and saw an āoverall rate of 7.7 serious injuries per 100 employees was 33% higher than in 2016 and nearly double the most recent industry standard.āĀ Even after Amazon addedĀ robotsĀ to many of its facilities toĀ āmake employeesā jobs easier and safer,ā records show that āmost of the warehouses with the highest rates of injury deployed robots.ā
Between 2016 and 2019, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) opened more thanĀ 100 federal investigations into Amazonās labor practices that often resulted in prompts from the agency for the company to āchange conditions that posed hazards to employees.āĀ . . .
āBetween 2015 and 2018, OSHA reported 41 āsevereā injuries resulting in hospitalization, including six amputations and 15 fractures, associated with Amazon delivery or fulfillment jobs,ā Mother JonesĀ reportedĀ in 2019.
In one instance in 2011, Amazon warehouse workers in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, an area close to urban hubs such as Philadelphia and New York City, said they were forced to work through temperatures inside that rose to more than 100 degrees in summers, which often resulted in heat-induced sickness and injury that reinforced the companyās habit of hiring temporary workers through Integrity Staffing Solutions that they can quickly dispose of and replace.
āAmazon arranged to have paramedics parked in ambulances outside, ready to treat any workers who were dehydrated or suffered other forms of heat stress. Those who couldnāt quickly cool off and return to work were sent home or taken out in stretchers and wheelchairs and transported to area hospitals. . . .
When concerns were brought to the OSHA and subsequently Amazon by hospital staff and workers concerned about health and safety, the company issued a blanket statement claiming that āthe safety and welfare of our employees is our No. 1 priorityā and that āfree water, snacks, extra fans and cooled air during the summerā should do the trick.
Amazonās seemingly dismissive attempts to maintain the face of a responsible company worth working for extends beyond warehouses.Ā . . .
Concerns about the length and frequency of breaks, even to simply use the restroom, as well as dangerous driving conditions due to a large number of packages in a vehicle, however, are still fended off with yet another Amazon campaign to fend off concerned people and politicians on Twitter about their āprogressive workplaceā policies. . . .
The company issued a similarly shady response when workers expressed fears over the spread ofĀ COVID-19Ā and Amazonās lack of transparency to local health departments and employees about warehouse outbreaks and evenĀ virus deaths during the 2020 pandemic. . . .
While Amazon is often viewed by economically driven politicians and developers as a company that provides employment opportunities to communities that really need it, the harsh conditions some Amazon workers have repeatedly faced giveĀ pro-union politiciansĀ and groups ammunition to go after the e-commerce company, which has deployed its resources toĀ spyĀ on workers who engaged in ālabor organizing activitiesā and gather detailed intelligence about certain strikes and meetings targeting the employer.
Amazon continues to use its power to manipulate the public into thinking its warehouses and delivery activities are safe and secure. But as the global companyās power grows, it is evident that the problems left unaddressed will grow also. Blue-collar workers who need jobs will continue to turn to the company as it expands its reach by building new warehouses stocked with temporary staff, but they could leave the company with severe, life-long injuries only to be quickly replaced and forgotten by their previous employer and politicians who claim to represent their best interests. . . .
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(Excerpt from The Federalist. Article by Jordan Davidson. Photo Credit: Unsplash.)
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This is propaganda plain and simple. I can’t think of one liberal I know who supports Amazon, in fact, from my eyes, they are the ones changing their lifestyles to avoid using Amazon so that they don’t allow such a terrible company to benefit. Every Democrat politician is very ANTI Amazon while all I see are conservatives lining up to defend large corporations. You seriously are somehow trying to tie in the people trying to take down Amazon and yoke them in with the retail giant with such abhorrent labor practices? Grow up and quit the name calling! You just make yourself look stupid and immature.
I am appalled at how many ‘Christians’ are still supporting Amazon by continuing to buy online from them.
I am appalled at how Facebook and other media sources are also still being used.
Come on people! There are other platforms to use as IFA pointed out by having a list of companies that do not support organizations such as BLM etc. listed here on their site.
IFA, please post the list again. Thank you.
Lord, I pray You open our eyes to see that we can fight back in the natural as well as in prayer and to exercise it.
Agreed. Everytime someone uses these companies, they are feeding the dragon.
Christians that use these companies are literally paying for their bondage and aiding in prolonging it.
We must support one another in cutting off from these companies.
Amazon has a lot of hidden costs. Sometimes their prices are better, but we have noticed that most the time the pricing is higher than dealing directly with the company. I have already saved over $70 just by using other sources than Amazon…mostly by buying directly from the company who makes the products we use.
Before Amazon started openly censoring Christians and conservatives, I used them so much, I wondered how I could break free, but it has been a HUGE spiritual blessing. A financial one as well.