All posts tagged with working conditions
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-(Natural News) A whistleblower is demanding that e-commerce giant Amazon apologize after he was imprisoned for revealing the company’s inhumane labor practices in China. Tang Mengfing served jail time for exposing the oppressive and miserable working conditions in factories manufacturing devices for the Big Tech company. Tang spent several years investigating the working conditions at […]
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-(Natural News) An Australian nurse is warning about a potential national health crisis as understaffed and overworked healthcare workers are struggling to cope with the country’s surge in Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) patients. Australia has become infamous in recent weeks because of its extreme coronavirus lockdown restrictions. The statements from nurses, doctors and other health practitioners […]
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-(Natural News) Social media users recently slammed technology giant Amazon’s proposed wellness chamber for its workers. According to the company, the chamber is designed as a space for stressed warehouse employees to relax and meditate. However, the ZenBooth pod was likened to less savory counterparts – such as a coffin and a portable toilet. Amazon […]
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-(Natural News) In the late 1800s and early 1900s, many small tenement apartments inhabited by European immigrants often doubled as workplaces and living spaces. There, men and women toiled away as contractors for larger corporations, churning out clothing, parts, and other products. Wages were low and hours were long, but because they were immigrants and […]
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-(Natural News) You might have a few complaints about your job, but has it ever made you want to end your life? Not long ago, horror stories emerged of workers at Amazon warehouses being seriously overworked and having to urinate in bottles to meet their quotas. While Amazon tried to brush these off as isolated […]
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-(Natural News) A new investigation into the certification standards of coffee plantations all around the world has revealed that, despite prominently and proudly claiming to support “fair trade,” many of the bean suppliers for major corporations like Starbucks are still engaging in slave labor practices behind the scenes. At the Córrego das Almas farm in […]
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-(Natural News) Earlier this year, Forbes magazine announced that Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, is now officially the wealthiest billionaire on the planet. Reporting on its annual list of the world’s wealthiest people, the magazine noted: Centi-billionaire Jeff Bezos secures the list’s top spot for the first time, becoming the only person to appear […]
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-(Natural News) Amazon has found itself in a world of controversy lately after a report detailing the results of a nine-month investigation confirmed that the e-commerce giant is profiting off the backs of Chinese factory workers that are forced to work in poor conditions. The report, which was released by the New York-based China Labor […]
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-(Natural News) Internet retail behemoth Amazon has been granted two patents for employee-tracking wristband system. Originally filed back in 2016, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published the patents on January 30 of this year. The proposed system would be composed of three elements: a management module to oversee warehouse operations, ultrasonic devices planted […]
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-(Natural News) Millennials around the U.S. have garnered a reputation for their aversion to the American ethos of hard work and pulling yourself up by your bootstraps. The cries of Whole Foods workers, who are now self-imploding under the increased and more efficient work demands put in place by Amazon, are surely proof of that. […]
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