Advocacy group slams Amazon’s worker safety record
Seven deaths at company warehouses since 2013
Amazon, the retail giant which announced this week an across-the-board wage increase to $15 an hour for all employees, must also pay “urgent attention” to workplace safety issues, says the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (National COSH).
“Amazon workers desperately need a real pay increase,” said Marcy Goldstein-Gelb, co-executive director of National COSH, a nationwide training and advocacy organization for workers and families. “But a pay increase is worth a lot more if you come home in one piece at the end of your shift.”