Amazon Rebuts Senate Report on Workers' Injuries

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Monday accused e-commerce giant Amazon of manipulating data on worker injuries and ignoring safety concerns. "Amazon's warehouse workers have raised the alarm for years about unsafe working conditions and a corporate culture that prioritizes speed and profit over worker health and safety," the report states. "Many of these workers live with severe injuries and permanent disabilities because of the company's insistence on enforcing grueling productivity quotas and its refusal to adequately care for injured workers." The committee conducted an "exhaustive...