Apr 10, 2024 · Oxfam urges Amazon to commit to concrete measures supporting worker health and safety, including: Cease or significantly reform the use of electronic surveillance to enforce unreasonable and/or unsafe production demands (including but not limited to the use of so-called “Time Off Task” procedures).

Oct 23, 2024 · This letter was sent to Oxfam directly and serves as Amazon's official response to claims from the nonprofit group and its partners in a recent paper about workplace safety, surveillance, and overall working conditions at Amazon sites.

Sep 4, 2024 · Company Profile: Amazon. Amazon’s policies should position it as an industry leader on a variety of inequality metrics, though from publicly available data, it is evident that the company’s business practices drive inequality across all …

Oct 17, 2024 · Oxfam’s submission details how Amazon and Walmart have normalized abusive behavior in their warehouses and stores, adopting a range of labor practices intended to maximize profits at the expense of worker health and safety.

OXFAM BRIEFING NOTE | JANUARY 2024 I. Economic inequality in the US is at an all-time high. AS THE TWO LARGEST PRIVATE EMPLOYERS AND THE TWO MOST DOMINANT RETAILERS IN THE US—the combined revenues of Amazon and Walmart totaled $1.125 trillion in 2022, greater than the gross domestic product (GDP) of all but the 16

Amazon and Walmart are imposing labor policies that sacrifice the wellbeing of workers in a drive for profit maximization. This includes deploying new, dystopian methods to exploit and punish employees in a bid to speed up production.

May 25, 2021 · Workers on the floor at Amazon warehouses know the details of how the business works better than anyone--and know how to make changes that will benefit shareholders, consumers, and workers.

Apr 29, 2021 · Governments are letting big business off the hook when it comes to paying the billions they owe in tax, Oxfam said in reaction to the latest decision of the European Commission on Luxembourg's tax deal with online retailer Amazon.

Oct 21, 2019 · In September Amazon released supplier standards that apply to all of its subsidiaries, including Whole Foods. Whole Foods also announced to Oxfam that it will identify a senior level executive to oversee human rights and labor standards by January, a commitment we will monitor closely.

Jul 15, 2019 · Oxfam joined a group of sustainably responsible investors at Amazon's annual general meeting of shareholders last month. Photo: Paloma Muñoz. Same-day delivery reimagined customer service. What if the retail giant reimagined its commitment to human rights?