Amazon’s no good, very bad month
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Photo: Mark Ralston / AFP via Getty Images / Protocol. Article by Anna Kramer and Source Code Staff. Protocol – June 16, 2021.
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Amazon’s dilemma
Amazon is not having a great couple of weeks.
First there was the news from the Strategic Organizing Center that Amazon’s warehouse injury rates are about 50% higher than the national average (and double that of Walmart’s, its closest competitor). Then, if anyone was still skeptical about Amazon warehouse working conditions, The New York Times put the questions to rest yesterday with an 11,000-word feature investigating Amazon’s treatment of its workers. Finally, the White House topped it all off by naming Amazon’s biggest foe, Lina Khan, as chair of the FTC, where (as we laid out on Monday) she’ll be well-positioned to launch her antitrust crusade against the ecommerce giant.
But about that worker treatment… […]
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