BREAKING NEWS: Amazon Pushes Back on Report that Worker Injuries Spike During Prime Days, Holidays

For millions of people, 16-17 July 2024 are “Prime Days” for shopping. They troll the Amazon web site, searching for great deals on electronics, appliances, exercise equipment, personal care items, and much, much more. But do those deals come at too high a price for Amazon’s 1.1 million employees?

If you ask U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, the answer is yes. He released an interim report 15 July 2024 as part of a sweeping investigation he launched in June 2023 into what his press release calls “Amazon’s unacceptable corporate greed and abysmal workplace safety practices.”

“The incredibly dangerous working conditions at Amazon revealed in this investigation are a perfect example of the type of corporate greed that the American people are sick and tired of,” said Sanders. “Despite making $36 billion in profits last year and providing its CEO with over $275 million in compensation over the past three years, Amazon continues to treat its workers as disposable and with complete contempt for their safety and wellbeing.”

Sanders called working conditions at Amazon unacceptable, adding that Amazon “must be held accountable for the horrendous working conditions at its warehouses and substantially reduce its injury rates.”