Amazon worker injury rate blasted by US unions

US labour unions criticised Amazon on the injury rate of its workers, blaming the company's insistence on speed in its warehouses. — AFP

A coalition of US labour unions on Tuesday took renewed aim at Amazon, saying a need for speed in warehouses leads to workers being injured.

Workers at Amazon warehouses are injured more often and more severely than peers employed at retail rivals such as Walmart, the Strategic Organizing Center said in a report based on data provided to the Occupational Health & Safety Administration.