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Bernie Sanders launches Senate probe into Amazon's safety practices

Headline from WHAS Louisville

Sanders sent a letter to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on Tuesday accusing the e-commerce giant of 'egregious health and safety violations.'

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  1. Winchester Star

    Sanders launches Senate probe into Amazon's safety practices and asks workers to share stories (opens Winchester Star)

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    Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday opened a Senate investigation into Amazon’s warehouse safety practices. The move follows a series of probes Sanders has initiated against Starbucks and Moderna in

  2. CNN

    Bernie Sanders launches Senate probe into Amazon warehouse safety conditions (opens CNN)

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    Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday launched a Senate investigation into working and safety conditions at Amazon warehouses, adding to federal scrutiny on the labor practices of one of the country’s largest employers.

  3. CBS News

    Bernie Sanders announces Senate investigation into Amazon's "dangerous and illegal" labor practices (opens CBS News)

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    The investigation is being spearheaded by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, of which Sanders is chair.

  4. Forbes

    Senate Launches Investigation Into Amazon’s Alleged ‘Dangerous And Illegal’ Warehouse Labor Practices (opens Forbes)

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    Sen. Bernie Sanders wrote to the Amazon CEO in his second letter to a major corporation following a heated hearing with Starbucks executive Howard Schultz.

  5. The Guardian

    Bernie Sanders launches investigation into working conditions at Amazon (opens The Guardian)

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    Senator seeks information about ‘systematically underreported’ injury rates and turnover at US’s second-largest employer

  6. NBC10 Philadelphia

    Amazon Faces Senate Probe Over Warehouse Safety (opens NBC10 Philadelphia)

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    Sen. Bernie Sanders, who chairs the HELP committee, wrote a letter to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on Tuesday regarding the company’s warehouse safety record.

  7. Portland Press Herald

    Bernie Sanders launches Senate investigation into Amazon labor practices (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    In a letter, Sanders describes Amazon's warehouse conditions as 'uniquely dangerous' and pointed to the commerce giant's high serious injury rate.

  8. The Daily Caller

    ‘Illegal Conditions’: Bernie Sanders Launches Investigation Into Amazon (opens The Daily Caller)

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    Bernie Sanders sent a letter to CEO of Amazon Andy Jassy Tuesday announcing an investigation into "dangerous and illegal conditions at Amazon's warehouses."

  9. NBC News

    Bernie Sanders announces investigation into Amazon's safety record (opens NBC News)

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    Sanders notified Amazon CEO Andy Jassy of the investigation in a 10-page letter in which he called the conditions at the company’s warehouses “dangerous and illegal.”

  10. WHAS Louisville

    Bernie Sanders launches Senate probe into Amazon's safety practices (opens WHAS Louisville)

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    Sanders sent a letter to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on Tuesday accusing the e-commerce giant of 'egregious health and safety violations.'

  11. Los Angeles Times

    Bernie Sanders launches Senate probe into Amazon workplace safety (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Progressive Sen.

  12. FOX Business

    Bernie Sanders launches Amazon investigation into 'dangerous and illegal conditions' at warehouses (opens FOX Business)

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    Sen. Bernie Sanders is investigating why Amazon's injury rate in warehouses is higher than the industry average

  13. UPI

    Bernie Sanders launches Senate investigation into Amazon warehouse conditions (opens UPI)

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    Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has announced a Senate committee investigation into Amazon's warehouses and the company's "abysmal" treatment of workers, accusing the online retail giant of putting profits ahead of safety.

  14. Washington Examiner

    Bernie Sanders launches investigation into Amazon warehouse safety (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) urged current and former Amazon workers to come forward as whistleblowers as he launched an investigation on Tuesday into longtime concerns from labor activists and employees over warehouse conditions.

  15. Kilgore News Herald

    Bernie Sanders Launches Investigation Into This Retailer's Warehouse Safety Practices (opens Kilgore News Herald)

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    The Vermont Senator cites “abysmal” safety procedures at Amazon warehouses.

  16. France 24

    Bernie Sanders announces US Senate probe into Amazon safety practices (opens France 24)

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    Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has opened a Senate investigation into Amazon’s warehouse safety practices, the latest in a series of probes he’s initiated against big corporations in his role as chairman…

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