Dear MoveOn member,
An Amazon warehouse worker tragically died on the job in Troutdale, Oregon, on April 6, 2026.
According to local investigative reporting, the worker collapsed at the PDX9 warehouse—and the response from Amazon was cruel. Not all employees were told that someone had died on the floor, managers seemed more concerned with making sure the packages kept moving, and one employee reported their manager telling them, “Just turn around and not look. Let’s get back to work.”1
This isn’t the first time an employee has died on the job at Amazon. In the span of four months in the summer of 2022, four workers died at four different Amazon warehouses.2
In December 2022, a worker at the DEN4 warehouse in Colorado Springs, Colorado, died of a heart attack. According to the workers, cardboard boxes were put around the body and everyone was expected to work as normal with workers saying the death wasn’t even officially addressed by management until days later.3
This is no way to act when an employee dies on the job. This is the callousness that has defined Amazon’s reputation. We cannot let this continue. Sign the petition to demand Amazon create safer working conditions for all its employees.
For decades, Amazon has prioritized speed and profitability over the safety of its workers, and it’s come at a great cost. During a gas leak at the Eastvale, California, facility, workers were ordered to continue working after the leak was fixed, even while many were becoming sick and vomiting.4
Pregnant workers have been forced to stand on their feet all day, lift heavy items, and work in unsafe working conditions against their doctors orders and in violation of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. It even caused workers to miscarry.5
Amazon has flouted safety measures and punished pregnant workers for asking for reasonable accommodations. No one should risk a miscarriage due to their job. Sign the petition to demand workplace safety for Amazon workers.
These safety issues aren’t isolated or just one-off incidents, they’re a pattern of behavior. Since 2017, Amazon workers were nearly twice as likely to be injured on the job as other warehouse workers, and the company reported more than 30% more injuries than the industry standard.6
A senate investigation led by Senator Bernie Sanders found that Amazon has manipulated workplace injury data to portray that warehouses are safer than they actually are, discourages workers from receiving outside medical care, and refuses to implement injury-reducing changes because it might affect productivity.7
In 2023, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) found that Amazon exposed workers to unsafe conditions in Colorado, Idaho, and New York, finding that working conditions resulted in workers experiencing high rates of musculoskeletal disorders and suggested the company pay $46,875 in penalties.8
In 2024, OSHA reached a settlement with Amazon with the company agreeing to pay a $145,000 penalty to cover 10 cities cited in the settlement and to implement workplace safety measures and allow OSHA access to inspect the 10 facilities over the next two years.9
As of October 2025, Amazon’s profits were up 38% from the previous year.10 Its CEO Andy Jassy makes a base salary of $365,000 per year, plus business travel and security that totals to $1.7 million per year. He also has $43 million in stock that was vested and $242 million in restricted stock.11 Amazon is making billions of dollars in profits. Its CEO is making millions of dollars with millions more in stock while their workers are earning an average of $18 per hour and risking bodily harm so the company can keep making profits and executives can keep getting fat paychecks. It’s unconscionable.
People are worth more than money and productivity. Sign the petition to demand Amazon CEO Andy Jassy implement safer working conditions for Amazon employees now.
Thanks for all you do.
–The team at Coworker.org
Sources:
1. "‘Everyone is Replaceable’: Death Rattles Oregon Amazon Facility,” Western Edge, April 13, 2026
https://www.thewesternedge.media/p/everyone-is-replaceable-death-rattles
2. “Amazon Deaths Under Investigation As Warehouse Conditions Draw Scrutiny,” CNET, September 2, 2022
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/amazon-under-investigation-for-string-of-warehouse-deaths-as-scrutiny-grows/
3. “‘Lack of respect’: outcry over Amazon employee’s death on warehouse floor,” The Guardian, January 9, 2023
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/09/amazon-employee-death-warehouse-floor-colorado
4. “Behind the Smiles,” Reveal, November 25, 2019
https://revealnews.org/article/behind-the-smiles/
5. “‘Nobody Heard Me at Amazon’,” The Nation, May 11, 2026
https://go.bsky.app/redirect?u=https://www.thenation.com/article/society/amazon-pregnancy-discrimination-pwfa/
6. “Amazon manipulated injury data to make warehouses appear safer, a Senate probe finds,” NPR, December 16, 2024
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/16/nx-s1-5230240/amazon-injury-warehouse-senate-investigation#:~:text=More specifically, over the past,injuries than the industry average
7. “The “Injury-Productivity Trade-off': How Amazon’s Obsession with Speed Creates Uniquely Dangerous Warehouses,” United States Senate Committee on Health, Labor, and Pensions, December 2024
https://www.help.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/amazon_investigation.pdf
8. “US Department of Labor finds Amazon exposed workers to unsafe conditions, ergonomic hazards at three more warehouses in Colorado, Idaho, New York,” Occupational Safety and Health Administration, February 1, 2023
https://www.osha.gov/news/newsreleases/osha-national-news-release/20230201
9. “OSHA reaches largest-of-its-kind settlement with Amazon over hazardous working conditions,” CBS News, December 19, 2024
https://abcnews.com/Politics/osha-reaches-kind-settlement-amazon-hazardous-working-conditions/story?id=116952521
10. “Amazon’s Profit Is Up 38% on Strong Performance,” The New York Times, October 30, 2025
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/business/amazon-earnings.html
11. “Amazon CEO Andy Jassy's pay rose to $2.1 million in 2025 as security and travel costs climbed,” Business Insider, April 9, 2026
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-much-amazon-ceo-andy-jassy-made-2025-pay-stock-2026-4
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