Every day, workers are injured while trying to fulfill Amazon orders. And instead of working to make warehouses safer, Amazon treats these injuries as the cost of doing business. The United States Senate investigated, and found that Amazon warehouses recorded over 30 percent more injuries than the industry average in 2023.
Amazon is a $2.3 trillion corporation. It made over $36 billion in profits last year alone. Its founder is the 2nd richest man on Earth. It must not be allowed to treat its workers as disposable.
That’s why Amazon workers are rising up and fighting back, by building worker-led organizing committees, launching walkouts and strikes, and preparing for the next phase of direct action.
At the center of this fight is the Safety Bill of Rights, five non-negotiable demands drafted by the workers of Amazon Labor Union-IBT Local 1:
- Right to Safe Staffing Levels
- Right to Humane Accommodations
- Right to Safe Equipment and Workspaces
- Right to Safe Temperatures and Clean Air
- Right to Safe Pace of Work and Real Breaks
The Safety Bill of Rights is not a list of suggestions; workers are demanding that Amazon act immediately to ensure our safety or expect an end to business as usual. These are non-negotiable demands born out of daily pain, injury, retaliation, and abuse on the shop floor.
Because the truth is, Amazon’s relentless drive for profit comes at the expense of workers’ health, safety, and basic human rights. No worker, at Amazon or elsewhere, should have to choose between income and injury, pass out from overheating, or be forced to use broken and dangerous equipment.
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