{"id":7201,"date":"2022-09-29T09:37:49","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T07:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/29\/people-feel-intimidated-the-battle-to-unionize-second-us-amazon-warehouse\/"},"modified":"2022-09-29T09:37:49","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T07:37:49","slug":"people-feel-intimidated-the-battle-to-unionize-second-us-amazon-warehouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/29\/people-feel-intimidated-the-battle-to-unionize-second-us-amazon-warehouse\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018People feel intimidated\u2019: the battle to unionize second US Amazon warehouse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wages and safety concerns are behind the push but the company is fighting fiercely to defeat the union drive, workers say<\/p>\n

Heather Goodall, a 50-year-old Amazon worker, began pushing for a union at her Amazon warehouse just outside Albany, New York, largely because she was alarmed about safety problems \u2013 items often fell off the warehouse\u2019s 27-ft-high racks, she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had packers who had items fall on them. Several complained about concussions,\u201d Goodall said. \u201cYou can see wires protruding out. It could cause lacerations. It might take someone\u2019s eyes out.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nWages and safety concerns are behind the push but the company is fighting fiercely to defeat the union drive, workers say
\nHeather Goodall, a 50-year-old Amazon worker, began pushing for a union at her Amazon warehouse just outside Albany, New York, largely because she was alarmed about safety problems \u2013 items often fell off the warehouse\u2019s 27-ft-high racks, she said.
\n\u201cWe\u2019ve had packers who had items fall on them. Several complained about concussions,\u201d Goodall said. \u201cYou can see wires protruding out. It could cause lacerations. It might take someone\u2019s eyes out.\u201d Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wages and safety concerns are behind the push but the company is fighting fiercely to defeat the union drive, workers say Heather Goodall, a 50-year-old Amazon worker, began pushing for a union at her Amazon warehouse just outside Albany, New York, largely because she was alarmed about safety problems \u2013 items often fell off the …<\/p>\n

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