The new law is the latest example of government officials taking action after years of mounting injuries from Amazon’s relentless drive for speed.
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A Reckoning at Amazon
Who is shipping out all those holiday season packages? As Amazon has made huge profits, their worker injury rates are higher than other companies.
Amazon’s Warehouse Quotas Have Been Injuring Workers for Years. Now, Officials Are Taking Action.
Regulators and lawmakers are changing the way they operate so they confront the injury crisis brought about by Amazon’s relentless pace.
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A Reckoning at Amazon
Workers at Amazon were getting hurt on the job more than at other companies. Those records were under wraps – until our reporting uncovered them.
Private Report Shows How Amazon Drastically Undercounts Its Carbon Footprint
The company has marketed itself as a climate change leader, but a report obtained by Reveal highlights the pitfalls of relying on voluntary commitments.
Lawmakers Call for Action on Amazon Security Failures
In response to a Reveal/WIRED investigation, members of Congress are calling for a Federal Trade Commission investigation and privacy legislation.
Amazon Leaks
Amazon knows a lot about you. Customers trust that their data and purchases are kept secret and secure, but internal documents show the tech giant’s inability to safeguard its own data.
Inside Amazon’s Failures to Protect Your Data: Internal Voyeurs, Bribery Scandals and Backdoor Schemes
For years, the retail giant has been keeping something from you: It’s handled your information much less carefully than it handles your packages.
‘We’re Going to Protect Workers’: New California Law Takes Aim at Amazon’s Unsafe Work Quotas
A series of Reveal investigations has shown that Amazon’s injury rates have been far worse than the national average for the warehousing industry.
Amazon’s relentless pace is injuring workers and violating law, Washington state regulator says
The groundbreaking citation came after Reveal’s investigation into a serious injury crisis in Amazon’s warehouses.