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Uncle Joe

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32. I don't know of any new legislation that Bernie is pushing since last fall but here is a

Mon Mar 11, 2019, 06:25 PM

Mar 2019

little information from a different source.

Emergency workers were summoned to Amazon warehouses 189 times for employees' "suicide attempts, suicidal thoughts and other mental health episodes" over the last five years, according to a new Daily Beast report.

The incidents reported by The Daily Beast spanned 46 warehouses in 17 states, comprising about a quarter of the company's centers in the United States.

Labor activists and lawmakers have long criticized Amazon over its bruising working conditions, pointing to reports that found Amazon warehouse workers were treated like robots, forced to urinate in bottles in order to save time and lived in fear of harsh treatment by managers. Multiple Amazon workers have spoken up on the issue, with some groups of employees pushing to unionize.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), one of the company's most vociferous critics in Congress, responded to The Daily Beast's reporting by calling on Amazon to "recognize that workers' rights don't stop at the minimum wage."

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https://thehill.com/policy/technology/433561-emergency-workers-summoned-to-amazon-warehouses-189-times-for-suicidal

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Bernie Sanders Calls on Amazon to Improve Workers' Conditions [View all] Uncle Joe Mar 2019 OP

Here is the Twitter link: TexasTowelie Mar 2019 #1

Leave it to Bernie to lead on this issue!! Why he's the voice of the People, for the People!! InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #4

Well, obviously, AOC was out front on the issue a month ago. TwilightZone Mar 2019 #11

Thank you TexasTowelie Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #5

You're welcome. I thought that I'd save everyone the trouble since this is the topic of this thread. TexasTowelie Mar 2019 #18

Thank you again. Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #20

Why does he continue to sell his books on Amazon? George II Mar 2019 #2

Read some of the comments on the twitter thread. sheshe2 Mar 2019 #6

Damn, I wish I did the twitter thing. Tipperary Mar 2019 #49

I don't do twitter either... sheshe2 Mar 2019 #51

Thanks, I saw your other post and was able to do just that! Tipperary Mar 2019 #58

Cool! sheshe2 Mar 2019 #59

Not a whole lot of choice these days... Lancero Mar 2019 #45

here ya go. sheshe2 Mar 2019 #3

Thank you sheshe. Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #7

Do you agree with his message? n/t Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #9

Not really, because: sheshe2 Mar 2019 #14

Bernie has been calling on Walmart as well Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #23

And no comment about the books. sheshe2 Mar 2019 #35

As I stated Bernie is calling on Amazon to go farther in regards to improving labor conditions. Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #37

Ummhmm. sheshe2 Mar 2019 #39

Bernie doesn't "demonize" Amazon, he criticizes them, legitimately so and the workers Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #40

When I mentioned boycott, I never meant the workers. sheshe2 Mar 2019 #41

If the workers called for a boycott from consumers or went on strike Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #42

Yep. nt Tipperary Mar 2019 #63

Tell 'em Bernie!! InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #8

And yet the Sanders book sales continue on Amazon. I wonder why that is? George II Mar 2019 #10

Do you understand calling for working conditions to be improved is not the same... Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2019 #17

And yet the Sanders book sales continue on Amazon. I wonder why that is? George II Mar 2019 #21

I'm not saying it's hypocritical Docreed2003 Mar 2019 #30

LOL... seems simple enough!! InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #25

You would think so. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2019 #27

Hahaha! NT littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #43

And yet the Sanders book sales continue on Amazon. I wonder why that is? George II Mar 2019 #47

Because Amazon's workers; aren't calling for a boycott from consumers which would mostly Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #48

You guys keep deflecting to Amazon's workers. This is a discussion about Sanders.... George II Mar 2019 #50

Because this is all about Amazon's workers, their needs, which political leaders are Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #53

So its a twist on the age old "do as I say, not as I do". Got it. Actually I had it.... George II Mar 2019 #56

... Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #57

Yep. I'm not aware of amazon workers calling for a boycott. David__77 Mar 2019 #44

Of course it's not the same thing, it is however, dissembling. LanternWaste Mar 2019 #60

Bernie was truly effective in getting Amazon to raise wages flamingdem Mar 2019 #12

Amazon.... LovingA2andMI Mar 2019 #13

Thank you, LovingA2and MI! sheshe2 Mar 2019 #15

You can Thank Bernie for the $15 dollar piece! Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2019 #22

Thanks Bernie!! InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #26

our entire state where amazon is located was already going for the 15$ min wage.. samnsara Mar 2019 #55

Here's a piece of trivia for you: Amazon operates in more than your state Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2019 #65

"What's wrong with Amazon? Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #16

Amazon pledges minimum wage of $15 an hour for all U.S. workers LovingA2andMI Mar 2019 #19

I'm sure Bernie knows about the $15 bucks an hour since he got it done. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2019 #24

He did not do diddly..... LovingA2andMI Mar 2019 #29

Revisionist history. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2019 #31

Sure Amazon was the one that raised their minimum wage, but they did it in response to something... Lancero Mar 2019 #46

Tell me about the legislation he is proposing. WeekiWater Mar 2019 #28

I don't know of any new legislation that Bernie is pushing since last fall but here is a Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #32

That leaves just as much unanswered. WeekiWater Mar 2019 #36

No new post offices to name. Even he can only do so much Hortensis Mar 2019 #54

Beating up on Amazon during a campaign forklift Mar 2019 #33

And here in Ohio we have a warehouse and Amazon pays much better than other jobs in the area. Demsrule86 Mar 2019 #66

Anyone can read a laundry-list of problems, gripes, complaints. That's the easy part. NurseJackie Mar 2019 #34

Has he spoken yet about the dismal treatment of Google's female employees? OilemFirchen Mar 2019 #38

C'mon; he hasn't even really responded about the treatment of his own campaign's female employees LongtimeAZDem Mar 2019 #52

Here is Bernie again trying to grab headlines forklift Mar 2019 #61

Here is another headline for you "'Colony of Hell': 911 Calls From Inside Amazon Warehouses" Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #62

As a scientist I see that article as laughable. forklift Mar 2019 #64

Well here is another headline for the sake of science. Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #67

Meh ... that is Europe forklift Mar 2019 #68

The first article was America, the second article was Europe but this didn't Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #69