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To: Amazon CEO, Andy Jassy
Amazon Workers Deserve a Raise
Amazon’s profit last year was $30,400,000,000. Their CEO was paid $29,200,000 for a single year’s work - at least 730 times the amount the lowest worker took home!
But it’s workers literally delivering the results by putting their bodies on the line. Data from OSHA shows that last year Amazon’s reported injuries spiked around Prime Days and Cyber Monday, and that the serious injury rate at Amazon warehouses is double the rate of non-Amazon warehouses.
Amazon workers face enormous pressure to deliver at robotic levels of productivity by management who choose to prioritize delivery speeds and profits over the health and safety of its workers – and they deserve to be paid better.
Why is this important?
Amazon is one of the largest private employers in the country. It delivers more parcels than UPS and soon will overtake USPS as well. It has 2,843 warehouses and delivery stations in the US, and employs 800,000 people as well as hundreds of thousands more ‘contractors’.
That means if Amazon workers get a raise, it will literally change the livelihoods of millions around the country.
Workers are already making their voices heard. This summer Amazon workers at the San Bernardino air hub staged a one-day unfair labor practice strike and workers in Kentucky went on strike part of a day, forcing planes to re-route. In response to this pressure the company increased pay by $1.50 an hour - but with billions in profits every single year CEO Andy Jassy can do much much better than that.
Add your name to stand with Amazon workers by signing the petition to give them a real raise – and demand better for the people behind the packages.