<description>&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;A U.S. Senate Committee led by Bernie Sanders says Amazon &lt;a href="https://www.help.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/amazon_investigation.pdf"&gt;ignored its own recommendations&lt;/a&gt; about how to reduce injuries among warehouse workers, and put profits ahead of health and safety. We talk with&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/washingtons-amazon-trial-at-core-of-senates-warehouse-safety-report/"&gt;Seattle Times reporter Lauren Rosenblatt&lt;/a&gt; about the new report, and why Amazon disputes the report's findings. The company says its injury rates &lt;a href="https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/policy-news-views/amazon-response-to-senator-bernie-sanders-report-on-workplace-safety"&gt;have declined&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Share your thoughts on&lt;a href="https://one-seattle-plan-zoning-implementation-seattlecitygis.hub.arcgis.com/pages/zoning-map"&gt; proposed zoning changes here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. &lt;a href="https://www.kuow.org/donate/seattlenow"&gt;Tap here&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:seattlenow@kuow.org"&gt;seattlenow@kuow.org&lt;/a&gt;, leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or&lt;a href="https://www.kuow.org/feedback"&gt;&amp;nbsp;leave us feedback online&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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Senate report says Amazon ignored internal studies on warehouse safety

DEC 19, 202411 MIN
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Senate report says Amazon ignored internal studies on warehouse safety

DEC 19, 202411 MIN

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A U.S. Senate Committee led by Bernie Sanders says Amazon ignored its own recommendations about how to reduce injuries among warehouse workers, and put profits ahead of health and safety. We talk with Seattle Times reporter Lauren Rosenblatt about the new report, and why Amazon disputes the report's findings. The company says its injury rates have declined. 

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