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Special thanks to Eric Frumin (Strategic Organizing Center) and Patrick Young (Movement Catalyst) for their methodological contributions to this report.
[1] Unless otherwise noted, all New York State injury rates reported in this brief are based on an analysis of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data, 2021 available at https://www.osha.gov/Establishment-Specific-Injury-and-Illness-Data.
[2] All national injury rates cited in this report come from “The Injury Machine: How Amazon’s Production System Hurts Workers”, Strategic Organizing Center, 2022, https://thesoc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/The-Injury-Machine_How-Amazons-Production-System-Hurts-Workers.pdf
[3] “Amazon Global Supply Chain and Fulfillment Center Network,” MWPVL International, https://www.mwpvl.com/html/amazon_com.html
[4] Strategic Organizing Center, 2022; “Amazon has resumed policies that penalize workers for taking too many breaks, just in time for Prime Day,” CNBC, Oct. 14, 2020: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/14/amazon-resumes-policy-that-dings-workers-for-taking-too-many-breaks.html; AMAZON.COM, INC. v. ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES, Case 1:21-cv-00767, Complaint, paragraphs 87-88; and, AMAZON.COM, INC. v. ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES, Case 1:21-cv-00767, Complaint, paragraph 92.
[5] Rick Karlin, “Massive Amazon fulfillment center opens in Schodack,” Times Union, September 9, 2020. https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Massive-Amazon-distribution-center-opens-in-15554061.php#taboola-1