{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://norcross.house.gov/press-releases?ID=AA2782CA-D2EC-43E5-8931-3FA519D6E8E8", "Rep. Norcross Keeps Pressure on Amazon Over Dangerous Warehouses at Workplace Safety Hearing", "2022-11-17", "2022", "2022-11", "Democrat", "House", "NJ", "Donald Norcross", "N000188", "norcross.house.gov", "norcross", "https://norcross.house.gov/press-releases", "page_html", "Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) kept the pressure on Amazon at the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections hearing on the unsafe and untenable conditions warehouse workers face. Three Amazon warehouse workers died in New Jersey between July and August 2022.\n\n\u201cAmazon says it is \u2018Earth\u2019s Safest Place to Work,\u2019 but in reality, it has one of the highest serious injury rates in the country,\u201d said Congressman Norcross. \u201cAmazon can improve workplace safety. It has modern facilities with the latest technology. All warehouse workers should go home the same way they went to work: safe and unharmed.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe cannot have a serious conversation about worker safety in the warehouse industry without focusing on the enormous toll of serious injury and disability that threatens hundreds of thousands of Amazon warehouse workers every single day,\u201d said Eric Frumin, the health and safety director for the Strategic Organizing Center.\n\n\u201cPerhaps not everyone can understand what it\u2019s like for families like these to suffer a loss due to health and safety risks at their job being ignored. Unfortunately, I can\u2026 I received a call that my brother Edilberto was at the hospital with a very, very dangerous injury in his brain. He died four days later,\u201d said Janeth Caicedo, whose brother Edilberto was killed in a warehouse accident while working for an unlicensed temp agency in New Jersey.\n\n\u201cA core issue of warehousing is pace of work. Workers are pushed to move as quickly as possible in these workplaces, in order to keep up with the rapid pace of delivery necessary to keep the supply chain thin and running smoothly\u2026 When you order a product to arrive in 24 or 48 hours, there is no magic robot or process that makes that happen. The product moves fast because people run,\u201d said Sheheryar Kaoosji, the executive director of the Warehouse Workers Resource Center.\n\n\u201cSerious injuries increase when there aren\u2019t proper workplace protections. Employers must implement common-sense safety standards. Today\u2019s hearing is an important opportunity to demand that companies like Amazon take responsibility for the safety of their employees. The Teamsters thank Chairman Scott and Chairwoman Adams, as well as Congressman Norcross, for their efforts to advocate for the needs of workers on the job,\u201d said Sean M. O\u2019Brien, the general president of the Teamsters.\n\n\u201cRegulations protecting workers in the warehousing industry have lagged far behind its rapid growth. The rise of e-commerce has forever changed the retail sector. Just because the work has changed doesn\u2019t mean workers shouldn\u2019t be protected. We will continue to fight to ensure workers and their health and safety are protected, and we thank Congressman Donald Norcross for convening this critical panel today,\" said Stuart Appelbaum, the president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU).\n\nCongressman Norcross has been an outspoken critic of dangerous workplaces, including Amazon warehouses. As an electrician by trade who spent years working in the construction industry, he has seen the human cost of unsafe workplaces firsthand.\n\nTimeline of Congressman Norcross\u2019s Leadership on Amazon Warehouse Safety:", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-03-30T11:08:25Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://norcross.house.gov/press-releases?ID=AA2782CA-D2EC-43E5-8931-3FA519D6E8E8"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7447709795087576, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}