Inside Amazon's Warehouse
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The Allentown (Pa.) Morning Call has an investigation (actually, from September, but someone just linked to it today) of work conditions at Amazon's warehouse in Lehigh Valley, which reads a lot like the New York Times investigation of the FoxConn plant in China that makes Apple devices. The newspaper reports, based on interviews over two months with "20 current and former warehouse workers who showed pay stubs, tax forms or other proof of employment":

During summer heat waves, Amazon arranged to have paramedics parked in ambulances outside, ready to treat any workers who dehydrated or suffered other forms of heat stress. Those who couldn't quickly cool off and return to work were sent home or taken out in stretchers and wheelchairs and transported to area hospitals.

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Inside Amazon's Warehouse
futureofcapitalism.com

The Allentown (Pa.) Morning Call has an investigation (actually, from September, but someone just linked to it today) of work conditions at Amazon's warehouse in Lehigh Valley, which reads a lot like the New York Times investigation of the FoxConn plant in China that makes Apple devices. The newspaper reports, based on interviews over two months with "20 current and former warehouse workers who showed pay stubs, tax forms or other proof of employment":

During summer heat waves, Amazon arranged to have paramedics parked in ambulances outside, ready to treat any workers who dehydrated or suffered other forms of heat stress. Those who couldn't quickly cool off and return to work were sent home or taken out in stretchers and wheelchairs and transported to area hospitals.

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