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Posted inBehind the Smiles

New York Passes Law to Protect Amazon Warehouse Workers

by Will Evans January 12, 2023July 15, 2023

The new law is the latest example of government officials taking action after years of mounting injuries from Amazon’s relentless drive for speed.

Posted inBehind the Smiles

A Reckoning at Amazon

by Will Evans, Jennifer Gollan, Katharine Mieszkowski, Chris Harland-Dunaway, Taki Telonidis, Michael Montgomery, Najib Aminy, Amy Mostafa, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Kevin Sullivan and Al Letson May 14, 2022May 23, 2022

Workers at Amazon were getting hurt on the job more than at other companies. Those records were under wraps – until our reporting uncovered them.

A worker wearing a face mask moves between conveyor belts and carts that carry cardboard boxes.
Posted inBehind the Smiles

‘We’re Going to Protect Workers’: New California Law Takes Aim at Amazon’s Unsafe Work Quotas

by Will Evans September 25, 2021September 27, 2021

A series of Reveal investigations has shown that Amazon’s injury rates have been far worse than the national average for the warehousing industry.

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A brick McDonald’s restaurant at night.
Posted inAccountability

PPP aid flooded fast food outlets facing labor complaints

by Gabriel Thompson June 2, 2021June 30, 2021

One McDonald’s chain in Chicago received half a million dollars in forgivable federal loans. Then came complaints of COVID-19 safety failures and a deadly outbreak.

Angely Rodriguez stands in front of a McDonald’s sign, holding a protest banner. It reads: “McDonald’s, protect essential workers, protección ahora.”
Posted inCOVID-19

Charging COVID-19 failures, California lawmaker seeks to crack down on fast food chains

by Lance Williams January 15, 2021June 30, 2021

The new legislation charges that the industry has flouted rules designed to keep workers safe during the pandemic.

A graphic illustration shows a burger in a cardboard box, a container of french fries and a soft drink, overlaid with images of viruses.
Posted inCOVID-19

Not lovin’ it

by Lance Williams January 15, 2021June 30, 2021

McDonald’s across the country are hit by COVID-19 outbreaks as hundreds of complaints allege safety breakdowns.

Reporter Will Evans works at his computer in the Reveal office. Text over him reads, “Uncovering Amazon’s Safety Crisis.”
Posted inBehind the Smiles

The truth about injuries at Amazon

by Will Evans and Rachel de Leon October 19, 2020June 30, 2021

As a result of Reveal reporter Will Evans’ investigation into injuries at Amazon warehouses across the country last year, sources shared a trove of internal records, giving an unprecedented view into the company’s safety record.

A collage illustration shows a person against an orange background. There arm is in a sling made from a material that resembles an altered Amazon package.
Posted inBehind the Smiles

Catching Amazon in a lie

by Kevin Sullivan, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Al Letson, Najib Aminy, Amy Mostafa, Will Evans, Jennifer Gollan, Katharine Mieszkowski, Taki Telonidis, Michael Montgomery, Andy Donohue, Esther Kaplan, Soo Oh, Rachel de Leon, Melissa Lewis and Chris Harland-Dunaway September 26, 2020July 1, 2021

Amazon says its warehouses are safe for workers. But the numbers reveal that workers are getting hurt much more often than the company claims.

Outside of an Amazon warehouse, a protester holds a sign saying "money come and go, but health is irreplaceable. Shut down Amazon."
Posted inBehind the Smiles, COVID-19

Inside one of Amazon’s hardest-hit warehouses: ‘Why aren’t we closing the building?’

by Will Evans May 20, 2020June 30, 2021

The company’s long-simmering tensions with its warehouse workers have spilled over in the coronavirus pandemic.

Workers wearing red shirts and surgical face masks hold protest signs outside the VA.
Posted inCOVID-19, Returning Home to Battle

3 VA health workers have died of COVID-19. 776 have tested positive.

by Aaron Glantz April 7, 2020June 30, 2021

The casualties come in the wake of reporting that staff were short of protective masks and gloves and were required to report to work sick.

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