The facts about amazon

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SAFETY VIOLATIONS

Since 2001, Amazon and its subsidiaries have been cited at least 160 times for safety, wage, and privacy violations.

Amazon has been fined over $269 million for workplace violations in two decades.

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CORPORATE GREED

In 2021, Amazon CEO Andrew Jassy received $212 million in total compensation, while the median employee pay at Amazon was $32,855 — a CEO-to-median worker pay ratio of 6,474-to-1.

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WORKER INJURIES

In 2021 alone, there were over 34,000 serious injuries officially reported at Amazon facilities.

However, the real rate is likely even higher: Workers' self-reported injury rate is nearly six times higher than what Amazon reports.

While some believe this is just a part of the job, in reality, Amazon workers are injured at more than double the rate of workers at non-Amazon warehouses.

As our stories show, many of these injuries are disabling & irreparable.

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TURNOVER & RETALIATION

Amazon’s turnover rate for workers has been roughly 150 percent per year since 2020.

In 2022, Amazon spent $14.2 million on anti-union consultants.

Documents show some of Amazon's anti-union consultants were paid $20,000 per week.