MINNESOTA TEAMSTERS CELEBRATE PASSAGE OF PRO-WORKER OMNIBUS LEGISLATION
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New Law Enhances Warehouse Safety, Free Speech on the Job
ST. PAUL, Minn. , May 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Teamsters are commending Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and the state legislature for including critical pro-worker provisions in a $1.37 billion jobs bill. The new law protects warehouse workers from unrealistic and dangerous work conditions by requiring transparency on worker quotas and performance metrics. It also prevents all workers from being forced to sit through anti-union propaganda sessions on the job known as "captive audience meetings."
"This legislation is critical to curtailing the abuse and rapacity of Amazon," said Tom Erickson , Teamsters Central Region International Vice President, Warehouse Division Director and President of Joint Council 32. "This is a company that writes off the millions of dollars in taxes that it spends on union busters every year, all while maintaining the highest on-the-job injury rate in the industry – by far. Amazon does not have the interest of Minnesotans in mind, and I for one applaud everyone in our state government who is holding it accountable."
Amazon has been cited by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Agency (OSHA) multiple times in 2023 for conditions at their warehouses across the country, where workers are expected to reach unrealistic performance metrics that are never disclosed to them and can change by the hour, leading...
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