Amazon ignored warnings about workplace injuries and manipulated data, Bernie Sanders-led probe says

Amazon (AMZN+1.45% ) manipulates its workplace injury data and rejected recommendations to improve safety conditions for its workers, according to a Senate investigation into labor rules at the U.S.’s largest online retailer. The 160-report from the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension (HELP) Committee is the result of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ investigation into the company’s “abysmal safety record” that he launched last year. The report says Amazon manipulates workplace injury data to make its warehouses appear safer than they actually are by cherry-picking statistics. The HELP committee found that Amazon...