Amazon made airport workers toil in 100-degree heat without shade, water — The trillion-dollar online retailer plans to appeal workplace safety citations and $14,625 in fines::The trillion-dollar online retailer plans to appeal Cal/OSHA citations and $14,625 in fines.
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Over a certain temp you’re supposed to get a certain amount of time outside and a certain amount inside or in a shaded area. Heat stroke is no joke and happens quickly at that temp.
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That is a BS fine. That is a rounding error for an hour of operation. They willfully endanger their employees and should be fined a percentage of gross profit, no other way they will have incentive to not harm their employees.
They should be fucking shut down. Fuck fines.
Fines should be paid directly to the workers that had to work under these conditions. They should also be paid in multiples of yearly salary, it’s a trillion dollar company. The company pays more as a consequence and those that suffered get compensation. Maybe also a percentage should go to the agency (not Amazon related) overseeing this kind of thing like the NLRB.
It should also penalize the decision makers who hide behind the facade of a faceless corporation to allow them to do terrible things without consequences
To be fair, it’s the corporation that lets them do it. They still have their jobs and salaries after all.
