NELP has presented at legislative hearings around the country on bills that would require warehouse employers such as Amazon to provide more transparency to workers about work pace rates, prohibit employers from using quotas that interfere with rest breaks, and protect workers from retaliation for exercising these rights. Read our testimony to the Illinois legislature to learn more about those recommendations.

For more information on the human costs of Amazon’s operations, check out the resources here:

• Amazon Workers are Injured Almost Twice as Often as Other Warehouse Workers in Massachusetts March 13, 2023
• Testimony in support of HB 2547: Warehouse Worker Protection Act March 8, 2023
• Latest OSHA Data Show a 53 Percent Rise in Injuries to Nebraska Amazon Workers March 7, 2023
• Latest OSHA Data Show a 20 Percent Rise in Injuries to Connecticut Amazon Workers February 28, 2023
• Latest OSHA Data Show a Ten Percent Rise in Injuries to Minnesota Amazon Workers January 9, 2023
• Dead-End Jobs: Amazon Warehouses Fail to Provide Long-Term, Full-Time Employment for New Jerseyans June 23, 2022
• Warehousing Pain: Amazon Worker Injury Rate Skyrockets with Company’s Rapid Expansion in New York State May 19, 2022
• Injuries, Dead-End Jobs and Racial Inequity in Amazon’s Minnesota Operations December 2021
• Amazon’s Disposable Workers: Injury and Turnover Rates at Fulfillment Centers in CA March 2020