I think it really does raise the question of what do customers want?

Do customers want convenience and speed at the expense of workers?

That is what Amazon is betting on.

Hello. Hello and welcome to Tech Won't Save Us.

I'm your host, Paris Marks, and this week my guest is Will Evans.

Will is a reporter at Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting.

And in this episode, we talk about a recent report that he published looking into injuries at Amazon warehouses across the United States. In that report, Will finds

that Amazon's rate of serious injury is almost double the national average for warehouses,

and that not only is management not doing enough to try to bring that down because the rate is

actually going up, but executives are that down because the rate is actually going

up, but executives are misleading the public about what is actually happening in the warehouses.

As we head into the peak holiday season, I think this is a really important conversation to

have because it gives people that information that they really should know about how the retailers,

where they'll be buying all of the gifts

and decorations and things that they need for the holidays, are treating the workers that

fulfill those orders. Before we get into the conversation, I just wanted to say thank you to

the new people who supported the podcast on Patreon since last week. Since then, the new logo has

been finalized. I'm finishing up

the slightly updated website before we, you know, get a more fully featured one. And the new

benefit tiers will be in place before the beginning of December. And I have written a bit about

that if you didn't read it last week. The link is in the show notes. Tech Won't Save Us is part of the

Harbinger Media Network, a group of Left Wing podcasts that are made in Canada. You can find more

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