More than 30 groups, including Amazon worker coalitions, labor organizations and community groups, sent a letter to members of Congress on Thursday, urging them to convene a hearing on warehouse safety and summon Amazon CEO Andy Jassy and other company executives to testify.
The letter, which was shared exclusively with Forbes, comes as Amazon faces heightened scrutiny over the protocols and policies at its warehouses and other fulfillment facilities. In New Jersey, three workers have died in as many weeks in July. One of them died amid the rush of the company’s famous Prime Day, before two more deaths followed in different facilities. The incidents are under investigation by the US Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Meanwhile, workers at Amazon facilities across the country suffered 34,000 serious injuries last year, according to a report that analyzed OSHA data.
“It is time for Amazon to learn, once and for all, that it is not above the law,” the letter reads. “[W]e write to strongly urge your committees to exercise your oversight responsibility by convening a public emergency congressional hearing, and asking questions of the individuals responsible for the dangerous labor practices that are causing these injuries and deaths, including Amazon CEO Andy Jassy.”
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