Senate report says Amazon ignored internal studies on warehouse safety
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🗓️ 19 December 2024
⏱️ 12 minutes
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A U.S. Senate Committee led by Bernie Sanders says Amazon ignored its own recommendations about how to reduce injuries among warehouse workers, and put profits ahead of health and safety. We talk with Seattle Times reporter Lauren Rosenblatt about the new report, and why Amazon disputes the report's findings. The company says its injury rates have declined.
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| 0:00.0 | These days, there's so much news. |
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| 0:26.8 | Hey, good morning. I'm Paige Browning. It's Thursday. This is Seattle now. A new report from a U.S. |
| 0:34.1 | Senate committee says Amazon ignored its own studies on how to reduce injuries for |
| 0:39.1 | warehouse workers. We'll talk with Seattle Times reporter Lauren Rosenblatt in a few minutes |
| 0:44.0 | and get Amazon's response to those claims. But first, let's get you caught up. |
| 0:53.4 | You still have time to comment on Seattle's growth plan. The one Seattle proposal includes zoning changes that could allow more housing along busy transit routes and a whole new zoning type that would put more homes right up next to businesses. The deadline to give your thoughts is Friday. There's a link in the show notes with the info. |
| 1:13.9 | It's cold and flu season, but a lot of Washington State is lagging in getting vaccines to stay healthy. |
| 1:20.6 | The rate of flu vaccines for children is down 16% across Washington State compared to this time last year. That's according to new CDC data. |
| 1:30.3 | Axio Seattle says that while rates are down across the state and the U.S., King County is close to on |
| 1:37.4 | par with where it was last year. And good news for fans of winter sports in Washington, |
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| 2:10.8 | Christmas and Hanukkah come in less than a week, and a lot of people are cramming in some last-minute shopping. There are a lot of storefronts to shop, right here in town, in fact, |
| 2:16.9 | but Amazon's wide variety and its speedy |
| 2:20.4 | delivery make it a go-to choice for some shoppers. But that speed may be tied to injuries. A new |
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