Amazon warehouse crisis! Too many orders on Prime Day, FBA workers exhausted

In the past two days, foreign media broke a scandal that Amazon has been concealing. During this year's Member Day, an Amazon FBA warehouse was overly busy and hot, resulting in the death of a warehouse employee!

This incident happened on July 13, which was the second day of the most popular Member Day in recent years. An employee at an Amazon FBA warehouse (No. EWR9) in New Jersey fell to the floor on the second floor of the warehouse during a moving operation. He was unconscious for dozens of minutes before someone sent him to the hospital for treatment, but the rescue failed.

According to an anonymous warehouse worker interviewed by the media, the employee mentioned to the warehouse manager that he was feeling unwell and had "chest pain" and wanted to take a break an hour before he collapsed, but was rejected by the manager. After the incident, warehouse management and Amazon quickly blocked the news and told EWR9 warehouse employees not to discuss the incident, which caused dissatisfaction among many employees.

Although Amazon has repeatedly suppressed the news, and until last Friday the official was still claiming that the news that "a warehouse employee died on the big promotion day" was a rumor, the truth could not be hidden. After angry warehouse employees continued to speak out and contacted the media and previous Amazon union movement organizers to expose the matter, the matter was completely revealed.

At present, the federal regulatory agency OSHC (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) has intervened in the investigation. Amazon was forced to admit that this happened, but still defended itself by saying that "the death of the employee was related to the personal health status."

Now the disappointment in the entire EWR9 warehouse is extremely high. Many employees have expressed their protest against the company's blocking of information by taking a passive attitude. This practice has spread to surrounding warehouses, seriously affecting the processing efficiency and speed of the FBA warehouse. The delivery and warehousing time have slowed down a lot.

The matter has now developed in the most serious direction, and the Amazon union movement is likely to be destroyed.

As one of the few Internet giants without a union, Amazon's union movement has always been a very controversial event. Since 2019, some institutions or organizations have been trying to win over Amazon workers and promote the establishment of an Amazon union from within. Amazon has also been making defensive moves, saying that "unions entering Amazon will bring about a lot of cost increases, which is very unfavorable to American consumers." At the same time, it has also introduced many strange warehouse regulations to hinder the establishment of unions.

For example, workers were prohibited from talking about unions, and employees who were particularly active in forming unions were fired; they communicated with local governments to reduce the red light time around the warehouse, and workers were prohibited from coming to the warehouse during non-working hours to avoid workers discussing union matters after get off work. (Add my WeChat ID zyqmda to get high-profit product selection tips) In short, under Amazon's many obstacles, the internal union has not been established.

This murder case could easily become an opportunity for a union to be formed. "Due to the lack of union supervision, Amazon has been reckless in its employment practices, resulting in the death of a worker. We cannot allow this to continue, and it is urgent to form a union." I have even thought of slogans for those unions.