Amazon Ignored Its Own Worker Safety Studies, Senate Report Says
Employees work in a packing area at an Amazon fulfillment center.
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Amazon.com Inc. leaders rejected internal recommendations that the company relax warehouse worker productivity rates to curb injuries, according to a report from a congressional committee.
Released Monday by the majority staff for the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, the report makes the case that the e-commerce giant instead accepted “injuries to its workers as the cost of doing business.”