In January, Amazonit spent $300 million on worker safety improvements in 2021. It said the rate of employees who missed work due to a workplace injury dropped by 43% in 2020 from the prior year.
Still, Amazon has faced pressure from lawmakers and its own employees to address the breakneck pace of work inside its warehouses. Last fall, California's state SenateWarehouse and delivery workers have routinely spoken out against the company, arguing its"customer obsession" and focus on speedy delivery have created an unsafe working environment. They've claimed the pace of work doesn't allow for adequate breaks and bathroom time.
Those concerns have come into greater focus as unionization efforts have ramped up at Amazon warehouses. This month, Amazon workers onat an Amazon warehouse. The union has called for Amazon to put in place"more reasonable" productivity rates in the warehouse, among other demands. Last year, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos laid out a vision for improving the company's workplace safety, acknowledging it needed"a better vision for our employees' success." AmazonWATCH:
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