![]() She said the only changes Amazon implemented after the high injury report was published was to install video monitors around the warehouse that tell workers safety is the company’s number one priority. “There are days I say I’m just at the mercy of God,” said Cummings. They also called attention to reports of high injury rates at the facility there, which were found to be three times the national average for warehouses, based on the company’s injury reports to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).Ĭummings first became involved with Amazon worker organizing efforts after witnessing several cases where, she claims, her colleagues were treated unfairly – and the safety concerns she works through during her own shifts at Amazon.Ī worker sorts through items and places orders at the Amazon fulfillment center on Staten Island. ![]() Workers also called for Amazon to provide more reliable public transit services to the warehouse. Workers say it can take up to 15 minutes just to walk to and from the warehouse break room. The petition called on Amazon to consolidate workers’ two 15-minute breaks into a 30-minute one. In November, as the holiday rush got into full swing, Cummings was one of 600 workers at the Amazon warehouse who signed and delivered a petition to management calling on Amazon to improve working conditions. Amazon has just signed a deal to take another 450,000 sq ft of warehouse space on the island to speed delivery to its New York-area consumers.īut while New York customers, and Amazon’s shareholders, may be happy, some workers are not. Faster shipping drove Amazon’s revenues to $87bn for fourth quarter of 2019, adding another $12.8bn to founder Jeff Bezos’s $128.9bn fortune. ![]() ![]() Workers such as Cummings helped Amazon achieve its best ever Christmas this year. ![]()
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