Almost 13,000 boycott Amazon.com
Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 December 2011 03:45 Written by External Post Tuesday, 27 December 2011 03:45
More than 12,600 people pledged to boycott online retailer Amazon.com this holiday season to protest "sweatshop" working conditions at its Lehigh Valley warehouses, according to the union advocacy group American Rights at Work.
Working conditions at Amazon’s Breinigsville shipping hub gained national attention and a public response from the company after a Sept. 18 article in The Morning Call revealed employee complaints about heat in the warehouse complex and rapid production requirements many could not sustain. Amazon hired ambulance crews to park outside the complex on hot summer days in case workers experienced heat-related problems. A local emergency room doctor who treated Amazon workers for heat stress reported an "unsafe environment" to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which inspected and recommended corrective steps.
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-allentown-amazon-boycott-20111222,0,4319763.story
