America's Workers

"People should feel confident that when they go to work they'll be safe and come home the way they went in," Norcross wrote in a public statement on July 20. "Amazon is failing to fulfill that basic promise."

Reps. Donald Norcross and Frank Pallone sent a letter Wednesday to OSHA's Assistant Secretary of Labor Douglas L. Parker requesting a probe into whether the retail giant engages in conduct designed to hide injuries from OSHA and others, either by discouraging workers from self-reporting their injuries, misclassifying workplace injuries, or other ways.

"Despite commitments by Jeff Bezos to make Amazon the 'Earth's Safest Place to Work,' reporting suggests that conditions for the Amazon workers are worsening and are out of line with industry norms," Norcross and the other delegates wrote.

U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross is calling for an expanded investigation into Amazon warehouses following a death in a New Jersey warehouse.

Patricia Campos-Medina, executive director of the Worker Institute at Cornell University, said American laws give companies the upper hand after employees vote to unionize. Unless changes are made, she said, it's easy for companies to drag out negotiations until a union breaks.