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21. Have you not read the stories about the working conditions in

Fri Sep 29, 2023, 12:40 PM

Sep 2023

the fulfillment centers?

Amazon Warehouse Workers Are Organizing Against Dangerous Conditions 9/2023

Amazon workers at the STL8 fulfillment center in St Peters, Missouri, filed an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) complaint August 3 against the company for health and safety violations in their warehouse. The complaint claims that the company deliberately discourages workers from receiving medical care when they are injured.

Workers say that AMCARE, Amazon’s in-house medical staff, repeatedly dismiss medical complaints and keep Amazon workers on the job despite sustaining sprains, torn ligaments, slipped discs, pinched nerves, and concussions.

Amazon employs more than three thousand workers at STL8, northwest of St Louis.

Wendy Taylor had been working at the facility for three years when she tripped and fell over an empty pallet that was left in her work path. She fell to the concrete floor face-first. Her nose was bleeding and her head was aching, but she mostly remembers the terrible pain she felt in her leg.

https://jacobin.com/2023/09/amazon-warehouse-workers-are-organizing-against-dangerous-conditions

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Confession: I love Amazon. It is so easy for me to order something and have it at my door in one [View all] CTyankee Sep 2023 OP

You get things from Amazon in one day? leftstreet Sep 2023 #1

Yes. There is one here in CT. CTyankee Sep 2023 #2

I got same day for my dog food yesterday. nt leftyladyfrommo Sep 2023 #8

.... rdchili96 Sep 2023 #71

Chewy needs to cut their shipping costs and add other products. Maraya1969 Oct 2023 #78

I got 8 hours on a delivery last week FreeState Sep 2023 #76

They are building distribution centers all over the place A HERETIC I AM Sep 2023 #11

Yeah, there are like 30 in my state already leftstreet Sep 2023 #14

I think you're right about location. A HERETIC I AM Sep 2023 #18

I get same day on many orders. former9thward Sep 2023 #73

I get things in one day Zeitghost Oct 2023 #82

I get same-day delivery for some things ExWhoDoesntCare Sep 2023 #36

Here in NYC Dorian Gray Oct 2023 #86

You could try ordering from Target. MLAA Sep 2023 #3

I prefer to shop for groceries, but a little at a time to save wear and tear on my back. CTyankee Sep 2023 #5

Target delivery uses Shipit. haele Sep 2023 #34

I'm the same. MLAA Sep 2023 #41

Yep..target is great Demovictory9 Sep 2023 #51

Target has 81.5 % of its stock held by institutions womanofthehills Sep 2023 #63

I live out of state from my mom Tree Lady Sep 2023 #4

I hope so, but I am not optimistic. CTyankee Sep 2023 #9

If you buy over $35 you get free Tree Lady Sep 2023 #12

Walmart does not treat its employees marybourg Sep 2023 #28

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2023 #48

Hello. GP6971 Sep 2023 #49

Amazon is not so bad...the workers I know are please mostly. They get good benefits right away. Demsrule86 Sep 2023 #6

Amazon's $185 Billion Pay-to-Play System Celerity Sep 2023 #19

And their prices reflect it. They are often no bargain exceeding other big box places many Wonder Why Sep 2023 #22

Have you not read the stories about the working conditions in justaprogressive Sep 2023 #21

Seems like a local issue not company wide. live love laugh Sep 2023 #25

You must be joking... justaprogressive Sep 2023 #46

Approx. 300 facilities, 1m employees and 2 locations are a problem? live love laugh Sep 2023 #54

Use google much? How about TODAY's news justaprogressive Sep 2023 #60

What do lawsuits have to do with your claim that they mistreat people? live love laugh Sep 2023 #61

wrong again...an Amazon apologist who knew? justaprogressive Oct 2023 #77

I know workers at Amazon...it isn't a miserable job. You may be surprised that Starbucks is Demsrule86 Sep 2023 #27

That's not universal. Ms. Toad Sep 2023 #45

Heh.... rdchili96 Sep 2023 #72

Their health insurance is excellent and inexpensive Ms. Toad Sep 2023 #43

Yes, it's a dilemma, especially for those who can't get out easily to shop. Ocelot II Sep 2023 #7

I order a lot from L.L.Bean. I get "bean bucks" by using their MC so that encourages my shopping CTyankee Sep 2023 #10

They are straight up magats. WhiteTara Sep 2023 #16

At LL Bean? CTyankee Sep 2023 #30

here.. Read it and weep. WhiteTara Sep 2023 #31

well, another one bites the dust... CTyankee Sep 2023 #32

I know. WhiteTara Sep 2023 #33

Wow.. You'd think I'd know this by now mountain grammy Sep 2023 #62

used clothing isn't the same WhiteTara Sep 2023 #66

I want to know everything.... mountain grammy Sep 2023 #69

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2023 #67

But that's Linda Bean's personal view. sl8 Sep 2023 #68

I do some of my online shopping at Target Trailrider1951 Sep 2023 #13

Me, too. And I can often get a same day delivery with Target. nt pnwmom Sep 2023 #38

For Dry goods/Home decor, try Wayfair A HERETIC I AM Sep 2023 #15

Amazon was a "life-saver" during Covid shutdown. Silent Type Sep 2023 #17

Your plea's answer would depend justaprogressive Sep 2023 #20

There are links in that website mercuryblues Sep 2023 #37

I don't think it was the site. Ms. Toad Sep 2023 #44

We love it too, it's going to be incredibly tough to break up n/t budkin Sep 2023 #23

We have chronic illnesses here,,,, and are older. KarenS Sep 2023 #24

I use Walmart delivery, but there is no moral upside there. However, JCMach1 Sep 2023 #26

I use it. Elessar Zappa Sep 2023 #29

Plus- all the corporations are owned basically by same institutions womanofthehills Sep 2023 #64

We use Amazon a lot because we live in an extreme rural area and it's an hour drive to A Brand New World Sep 2023 #35

Local retailers don't answer the phone, so, you have to drive all over just to find out they don't s lindysalsagal Sep 2023 #39

Same ananda Sep 2023 #40

amazon monopolizes online shopping Voltaire2 Sep 2023 #42

Monopolies operate without competition. Amazon doesn't. live love laugh Sep 2023 #55

Target and Walmart are not effective competition. Voltaire2 Sep 2023 #56

I know better than the FTC on that case. former9thward Sep 2023 #74

Why isn't Walmart's on-line business effective competition for Amazon? GoodRaisin Oct 2023 #81

Good question. Voltaire2 Oct 2023 #83

I dropped Target from my response because I don't do any business with them. I do on line GoodRaisin Oct 2023 #85

I avoid Walmart and all the local big box stores like the plague, Amazon for me Shanti Shanti Shanti Sep 2023 #47

"Stuck in shipping" is the latest scam womanofthehills Sep 2023 #65

Derp, so some random scammer refunded money to my Amazon account? Not believing Shanti Shanti Shanti Sep 2023 #70

Walmart delivery is also a bit more reasonable compared to Amazon JCMach1 Oct 2023 #84

Money - History NowISeetheLight Sep 2023 #50

I just bought a pair of Lee denim stretch black jeans on Amazon this morning. $23 plus Raftergirl Sep 2023 #52

Do you watch Netflix or any other of the streaming Channels? HipChick Sep 2023 #53

I use Amazon all the time. And I have a cash back leftyladyfrommo Sep 2023 #57

I don't love it, but I don't have many choices where I live. GoCubsGo Sep 2023 #58

Costco isn't Magat but the selection is limited. JanMichael Sep 2023 #59

I shop at Amazon and I have prime... Chakaconcarne Oct 2023 #79

I find Amazon to be more expensive a lot of times JI7 Sep 2023 #75

We were bitten by the Amazon bug abut ten years ago and yused them until recently. Torchlight Oct 2023 #80