Amazon-Focused Law Firm Meets with Amazon Employees & Their Families Affected by Amazon’s Refusal to Let Employees Leave Warehouse before Tornado Struck
Amazon-Focused Law Firm Meets with Amazon Employees and Their Families Affected by Amazon’s Refusal to Let Employees Leave Warehouse before Tornado Struck
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Rosenbaum, Famularo & Segall, P.C.
138A East Park Avenue
Long Beach, NY 11561
After reports that Amazon prohibited workers from leaving its’ warehouse before the deadly tornado struck, the largest law firm in the world solely focused on Amazon issues is providing consultations in Edwardsville, Illinois on Tues., Dec. 14, 2021, to victims and their families.
On December 12 & 13, 2021, BusinessInsider.com, Independent.co.uk, the New York Post, the Daily Beast and others revealed that Amazon stopped employees from leaving its’ warehouse and when the tornado struck the warehouse, people died in Amazon’s warehouse collapse.
Law firm meets with Amazon employees effected by tornado:
As a result, CJ decided to immediately offer to help Amazon employees and their families in any way possible.
CJ stated that, “If people want to know what their rights are under federal law, the least I can do is use my experience with Amazon, employment law, injury and, unfortunately, wrongful death litigation, to provide advice to anyone that wants to talk.”
CJ Rosenbaum’s flight lands in St. Louis at 8am on Dec. 14, 2021 and he will meet with anyone that wants to talk at the Townplace Suites hotel in Edwardsville, Illinois starting at 9am. Meetings can be scheduled by calling 212-256-1109 or people can just come to the hotel.
CJ Rosenbaum is the founding partner of Rosenbaum, Famularo & Segall, P.C., the largest firm in the world focused solely on Amazon. Their employment law website, AmazonEmploymentLaw.com provides information about discrimination and other areas of Employment Law and a history of cases against Amazon.
CJ is an experienced trial lawyer and was also the Chairperson of the largest nationwide group of lawyers dedicated to Employees’ Rights and successfully represented employees against Walmart, McDonalds, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Sears, the NYPD and other huge entities.
Rosenbaum, Famularo & Segall, P.C., is a law firm based in Long Beach, New York, dedicated to helping people and companies that sell products on Amazon.com and also current and former Amazon employees. The firm has staff in New York, Florida and North Carolina and relationships with lawyers and law firms around the US.
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Amazon ignoring claims of discrimination & retaliating against employees.
Amazon ignoring claims of discrimination & retaliating against employees who speak out.
Have you been discriminated against as an Amazon employee and also retaliated against for speaking out?
Five women that have worked for Amazon relate to you and have filed discrimination and retaliation lawsuits against Amazon. These women all claim to have faced racial, sexual, or gender-based discrimination from their superiors in the Amazon workplace.
“Amazon Targeted With Five Lawsuits From Employees Claiming Discrimination And Retaliation”
As reported by Forbes on May 19, 2021, five Amazon employees filed discrimination and retaliation lawsuits against the company. The Amazon employees, throughout the country, faced discrimination that was racial, sexual, or gender-based from managers and encountered retaliation when they reported the issue. Lawrence Pearson, the attorney representing the plaintiffs, says “The pattern that you see in these lawsuits is that Amazon’s management, even when they run amok, are protected by the organization. The employee who raises the concern is more often than not treated as the problem.” In response to these cases, Amazon has said that they will conduct investigations into each case.
Although Amazon works to create a “diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture” they also said that “We have found no evidence to support the allegations.” These cases have surfaced a week before Amazon shareholders are to vote on a series of proposals for changes within the company, including for Amazon to have a racial equity audit. Amazon has resisted this idea previously.
Three of the plaintiffs currently work for Amazon, while two are former employees. One of the plaintiffs, Pearl Thomas, is a 64 year old black woman who claims she was called the “n-word” by her direct supervisor, he uttered it on a call thinking she had already hung up. After reporting the incident she was given a performance improvement plan by another manager. Another plaintiff, Tiffany Gordwin, claims she was rejected a human resources manager job but instead hired into a lower job, even though she was qualified for the manager position. Gordwin also claims she was passed over for promotions that were instead given to white men. Diana Cuervo, who was an area manager at an Amazon warehouse claims she was fired for complaining about racial abuse from her supervisor who said “latins suck” and “How is a Latin like you working here?” Emily Sousa and Cindy Warner, allege in separate claims that they were subject to gender, racial and sexual harassment. These lawsuits follow another complaint filed in March by Charlotte Newman, an employee at Amazon’s Washington D.C. office, who alleged sexual harrassment and racial discrimination.
If you feel you are unable to voice your concerns about your working conditions at Amazon, contact us for further assistance or email CJR@AmazonEmploymentLaw.com.
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Email: CJ@AmazonSellersLawyer.com
Address: 138 East Park Ave. Long Beach, NY 11561
Is the Amazon COVID protocol adequate to protect you & your coworkers’ health?
Has Amazon hid COVID cases and put your health at risk as an employee?
As an Amazon employee, have you been informed of COVID cases in the workplace?
Is the Amazon COVID protocol adequate to protect you & your coworkers’ health?
The Attorney General of California realized that Amazon was concealing Covid-19 cases from their warehouse workers and that Amazon employees should be kept informed to protect their own health.
In an effort to avoid more negative publicity, Amazon came to an Agreement with the Attorney General. Amazon agreed to notify warehouse workers within one day of new Covid cases, as well as provide the exact number of cases in their workplace, California State Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement. Amazon employs tens of thousands of warehouse workers in the state, he added.
The settlement comes after California in January enacted stricter Covid workplace regulations as part of Assembly Bill 685, or the “right-to-know” law. The regulations require businesses to report Covid cases to workers within one business day, among other stipulations.
What is Assembly Bill 685?
This bill would authorize the division, when, in its opinion, a place of employment, operation, or process, or any part thereof, exposes workers to the risk of infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, also known as COVID-19), so as to constitute an imminent hazard to employees, to prohibit the performance of that operation or process, or entry into that place of employment.
The bill would require the division to provide a notice thereof to the employer, to be posted in a conspicuous place at the place of employment. The bill would require such a prohibition to be limited to the immediate area in which the imminent hazard exists, as specified. The bill would require such a prohibition to be issued in a manner so as not to materially interrupt the performance of critical governmental functions essential to ensuring public health and safety functions or the delivery of electrical power or water. By expanding the scope of a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
“Amazon settles with California over claims it concealed Covid-19 cases from warehouse workers”
CNBC reported, on November 15, 2021, that Amazon reached a settlement with California’s attorney general over claims it concealed Covid cases from warehouse workers.
As part of the agreement, which is still awaiting court approval, Amazon will step up its Covid safety measures, including notifying workers within one day of new Covid cases.
Additionally, Amazon must notify local health officials within 48 hours and pay $500,000 towards additional enforcement of California consumer protection laws.
The company has agreed to notify warehouse workers within one day of new Covid cases, as well as provide the exact number of cases in their workplace, California State Attorney General.
While the Amazon spokesperson, Barbara Agrait states that “there’s no change to, nor allegations of any problems with, the Amazon COVID protocol related to notifying employees who may have been exposed to COVID.” The Attorney General, Robert Bonta has a different view on how the company notified the employees by stating that Amazon “inadequately notified the warehouse workers and local health agencies of COVID case numbers” thus “often leaving them in the dark and unable to effectively track the spread of the virus.”
Warehouse and delivery workers have previously criticized Amazon’s contact tracing and case notification protocols, claiming they’re inadequate.
In one of their warehouses Amazon had failed to notify the employees who had come in contact with positive COVID cases. The company even said that they believed their COVID safety protocols were “more than adequate.”
Last year, then-California Attorney General Xavier Becerra opened a probe into Amazon’s treatment of warehouse workers during the pandemic. California’s division of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration also fined Amazon last October for coronavirus safety violations at two warehouses in the state. At one site, Amazon didn’t notify contracted delivery drivers of confirmed cases, the citation said. Amazon said that at the time, they had believed their COVID safety measures were “more than adequate.”
If you feel you’re unable to voice your concerns about your working conditions at Amazon or about the Amazon COVID protocol, contact us for further assistance or email CJR@AmazonEmploymentLaw.com.
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Telephone: 212-256-1109
Email: CJ@AmazonSellersLawyer.com
Address: 138 East Park Ave. Long Beach, NY 11561
“Amazon warehouse injuries ‘80% higher’ than competitors”, report claims.
Does Amazon forego your safety for faster production? Employees injured while working at Amazon warehouses.
Have you been severely injured while working at an Amazon warehouse? You wouldn’t be alone…
A recent study has shown that Amazon has triple the amount of warehouse injuries compared to any of its competitors. The study showed that there were 5.9 serious injuries per 100 people.
“Amazon warehouse injuries ‘80% higher’ than competitors, report claims”
As reported by BBC[1] on June 2, 2021, Amazon’s employees are injured at a higher rate than those doing similar jobs at other companies’ warehouses.
A union-backed study of safety data found Amazon workers had 5.9 serious injuries per 100 people – almost 80% higher than the rest of the industry. The organizers of this study believe it has to do with Amazon’s “obsession with speed” that this number is so much higher than their competitors.
This study was conducted by the Strategic Organizing Center (SOC), which is a coalition of labor unions. This group analyzed data from 2017-2020 for the study. Their findings showed that “workers at Amazon warehouses are not only injured more frequently than in non-Amazon warehouses, they are also injured more severely.” They also found that the workers who took time off for injuries were out for an average of 46.3 days which is a week longer than the average in the warehouse industry. Compared to Walmart, which is their largest retail competitor, Amazon’s injury rate was more than double.
Employees injured while working at Amazon: The SOC characterized the report as an “epidemic of workplace injuries.”
In a statement made by Amazon they said they invested more than $1 billion in workplace safety last year. An Amazon spokesperson said “While any incident is one too many, we are continuously learning and seeing improvements through ergonomics programs, guided exercises at employees’ workstations, mechanical assistance equipment, workstation setup and design, and forklift telematics and guardrails – to name a few.”
Earlier this year, the company apologized for falsely denying that its drivers are forced to urinate in plastic bottles. Also, with this allegation many of Amazon’s employees on driving routes and at warehouses revealed they feel that they are under too much time pressure to use bathrooms. During the first wave of the COVID pandemic the company was accused of “cutting corners” on COVID safety, although Amazon also denied this.
A technology news site, Motherboard, published an Amazon warehouse pamphlet issued under the “working well” branding telling workers they should think of themselves as “industrial athletes.” This pamphlet said that like athletes who train for events “industrial athletes need to prepare their bodies to be able to perform their best at work.” Some of the positions walk up to 13 miles a day while others will have to lift a total of 20,000 pounds before a shift is done, the pamphlet warns Amazon’s “industrial athletes.” The pamphlet also offers tips on health and fitness, including encouraging Amazon’s workers to exercise on days off, maintaining a good diet to fuel the 400 calories an hour they expect employees to burn, and buying shoes that will fit swollen feet from the active working environment. Amazon told Motherboard that the pamphlet was an error and was removed although the Amazon employee who provided it to Motherboard said it had been available on-site for many months.
In a separate development for US Amazon employees, the company also said it will stop testing some employees for marijuana use. “We will no longer include marijuana in our comprehensive drug screening program for any positions not regulated by the Department of Transportation, and will instead treat it the same as alcohol use,” Amazon said in a blog post. “Given where state laws are moving across the US, we’ve changed course,” executive Dave Clark wrote – but added that people would still be checked for impairment “after any incident”. Amazon also will back federal law that would legalize marijuana and expunge past criminal records.
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Telephone: 212-256-1109
Email: CJ@AmazonSellersLawyer.com
Address: 138 East Park Ave. Long Beach, NY 11561
“I’m not a robot” : Amazon workers condemn unsafe, grueling conditions at warehouse.
Do you feel as though Amazon expects you to work as if you were a robot?
Have you as an Amazon employee felt that your work productivity standards were set higher than you could humanly fulfill?
If so, you are not alone. A multitude of Amazon employees agree with you and feel as though they are being treated as a robot. In November, 600 workers at one warehouse signed a petition telling Amazon to improve their working conditions.
“I’m not a robot” : Amazon workers condemn unsafe, grueling conditions at warehouse.
As reported in The Guardian[1] On February 5, 2020 Amazon employees feel as though their working conditions are unfair as they are expected to do an inhumane amount of work in an hour. One worker in a New York warehouse claims she worked three 12 hour shifts a week and is expected to inspect and scan 1,800 packages an hour, that is equal to 30 packages a minute.
When 600 workers signed a petition for better work conditions they asked for one 30 minute break, instead of two 15 minute breaks, due to the length of the walk to the break room. The workers also asked Amazon for more reliable public transit services to the warehouse. In the petition they also brought to attention the high injury rates in the facility.
Injuries in the Amazon warehouses were found to be 3 times higher than their competitors, in a study done by Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). A worker in the Amazon warehouse in New York, Rina Cummings, claims to be “at the mercy of God” when trying to prevent an injury due to Amazon’s failure to properly maintain safety precautions in the workplace. The only changes that were made after the high injury report was to install video monitors around the warehouse that tell workers safety is the company’s number one priority. “There has been no real change. There are still injuries. They were saying the report is not accurate, but it’s just a way for them to avoid responsibility,” Cummings said. She also reported that a few weeks ago a pin in a conveyor belt almost took her hand after it tore off one of her work gloves. Also, Cummings said that oftentimes the Amazon packages that land on the conveyor belt are too large, improperly packaged, or contain liquid the packages will burst open onto the belt, injuring the Amazon package.
Rina Cummings has impaired vision and must have disability accommodations at her job. She says often her new managers will try and place her into new departments where she is unable to work successfully in. Once a manager asked Cummings, “are you sure you can’t see?” Her mobility counselor shortle after sent a letter to the company with suggestions on how to accommodate Cummings better, but they were ignored by Amazon.
Employees throughout Amazon are all expected to work at a rate that is barely possible for them to accomplish. Juan Espinoza worked as a picker in the Amazon warehouse in Staten Island and was expected to “pick 400 units within the hour in seven seconds of each item we picked,” said Espinoza. “I couldn’t handle it. I’m a human being, not a robot.” Espinoza shortly after quit due to the intense working conditions. Ilya Geller, who worked as a stower, said that “You’re being tracked by a computer the entire time you’re there. You don’t get reported or written up by managers. You get written up by an algorithm. You’re keenly aware there is an algorithm keeping track of you, making sure you keep going as fast as you can, because if there is too much time lapsed between items, the computer will know this, will write you up, and you will get fired.” An Amazon spokesperson told the Guardian, “Like most companies, we have performance expectations for every Amazonian and we measure actual performance against those expectations.” Jimpat Lacewell started working at Amazon in Staten Island as a sorter, but quit after three days because it reminded him of a prison “I would rather go back to a state correctional facility and work for 18 cents an hour than do that job.”
If you feel you are unable to voice your concerns about your working conditions at Amazon, contact us for further assistance at: www.AmazonEmploymentLaw.com and/or CJR@AmazonEmploymentLaw.com.
Our Amazon Employment Law Division can assist you in three ways:
(1) Do It Yourself: Knowledge & Forms;
(2) Done With You: Knowledge, Forms and Attorney Help Editing the Documents; and
3) Done For You: We meet with you and draft the documents for you. We may also, in some cases, offer to fully represent the client.
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Model documents so you can help yourself with Amazon employment issues.
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You edit the model documents to fit your situation and then we work with you to make them as powerful as possible.
$197.00
DONE FOR YOU
You meet online with one of our lawyers who then drafts an appropriate communication for you to use to try and resolve your employment issues with Amazon.
$497.00
Rosenbaum, Famularo & Segall, P.C.
Telephone: 212-256-1109
Email: CJ@AmazonSellersLawyer.com
Address: 138 East Park Ave. Long Beach, NY 11561