{"id":4183,"date":"2021-12-30T07:41:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T06:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/30\/im-still-in-pain-amazon-employees-say-climate-of-fear-has-led-to-high-rates-of-injuries\/"},"modified":"2021-12-30T07:41:06","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T06:41:06","slug":"im-still-in-pain-amazon-employees-say-climate-of-fear-has-led-to-high-rates-of-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/30\/im-still-in-pain-amazon-employees-say-climate-of-fear-has-led-to-high-rates-of-injuries\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m still in pain\u2019: Amazon employees say climate of fear has led to high rates of injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Workers say Amazon\u2019s \u2018excessively rapid work pace\u2019, surveillance and disciplinary systems have created a dangerous environment<\/p>\n<p>In May Chloe Roberson of Chattanooga, Tennessee, injured her knee while working her shift at Amazon and she has been out of work since, while fighting with the company for workers\u2019 compensation and paid medical leave.<\/p>\n<p>Roberson, 21, chose to go to the emergency room rather than Amazon\u2019s on-site medical clinic, Amcare, and was referred to a sports medicine doctor who diagnosed her with a dislocated patella (kneecap). Her initial recovery was 10 weeks of physical therapy followed by a steroid shot, but she was later scheduled for surgery on 28 October to repair her knee.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/dec\/30\/amazon-employees-climate-fear-high-rates-injuries\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/6cc6ec83d3e86aaa41274e5dcdb4f100e552cae1\/0_0_3500_2101\/master\/3500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=0895ef658b7d7914ddf17e58aba2cc31\" title=\"\u2018I\u2019m still in pain\u2019: Amazon employees say climate of fear has led to high rates of injuries\" \/>Workers say Amazon\u2019s \u2018excessively rapid work pace\u2019, surveillance and disciplinary systems have created a dangerous environment<br \/>\nIn May Chloe Roberson of Chattanooga, Tennessee, injured her knee while working her shift at Amazon and she has been out of work since, while fighting with the company for workers\u2019 compensation and paid medical leave.<br \/>\nRoberson, 21, chose to go to the emergency room rather than Amazon\u2019s on-site medical clinic, Amcare, and was referred to a sports medicine doctor who diagnosed her with a dislocated patella (kneecap). Her initial recovery was 10 weeks of physical therapy followed by a steroid shot, but she was later scheduled for surgery on 28 October to repair her knee. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Workers say Amazon\u2019s \u2018excessively rapid work pace\u2019, surveillance and disciplinary systems have created a dangerous environment In May Chloe Roberson of Chattanooga, Tennessee, injured her knee while working her shift at Amazon and she has been out of work since, while fighting with the company for workers\u2019 compensation and paid medical leave. Roberson, 21, chose &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/30\/im-still-in-pain-amazon-employees-say-climate-of-fear-has-led-to-high-rates-of-injuries\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018I\u2019m still in pain\u2019: Amazon employees say climate of fear has led to high rates of injuries<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4183"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}