32BJ, and other unions, celebrated the passing of the Warehouse Worker Protection Act, which is designed to make public the quotas that companies like Amazon use in the hopes of not interfering with “legally protected breaks.”
Last week, right before recess, the New York State Senate and New York State Assembly passed the Hospital Equity and Affordability Law that would keep health care affordable for low-income, marginalized New Yorkers.
Albany legislators looked to 32BJ as inspiration for the bill. The union’s Health Fund “offers prenatal and postnatal care and delivery at partner hospitals for as low as $40 total out-of-pocket costs.” “The warehousing industry is one of the most dangerous as well as one of the fastest growing in New York. Amazon alone opened an additional 30 facilities over the last 12 months, and we know that the serious injury rate at Amazon is 54% higher than the state’s entire warehousing industry,” stated Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union President Stuart Appelbaum.
According to a study by the National Employment Law Project , injuries increased at New York’s Amazon warehouses by 64% during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. During that period, Amazon reinstated its quotas.
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