Amazon manipulates work injury data: Senate panel

Amazon manipulates work injury data: Senate panel
Senator Bernie Sanders chairs the Senate's health, education, labour and pensions (HELP) committee. (Image: Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post)
The Washington Post
By Caroline O'Donovan and Lauren Kaori GurleyA sweeping congressional investigation into worker safety at Amazon has found that the United States' largest online retailer manipulated data on warehouse worker injuries and disregarded internal research on improving safety.The report was released by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), chaired by Bernie Sanders, the independent senator from Vermont.“In its endless pursuit of profits, Amazon sacrifices workers’ bodies under the constant pressure...

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