Amazon Warehouse Safety Legislation Passes the Minnesota House

Minnesota Amazon Workers With Awood Center Praise Warehouse Safety Legislation!!

Workers with the Awood Center, a Minnesota based worker center who build worker power in the East African community, shared their excitement following the Minnesota House passing the Warehouse Safety Bill, HF36, late Monday night.

Hali Aden, a Amazon worker and leader with the Awood Center, praised the bill passage:
“This is a big step for warehouse workers in Minnesota. I’m so glad the legislators listened to us workers who demanded this bill to make sure we can all get home safely from work. This
is a huge step towards what will be a critical win for working families in Minnesota!”

According the Minnesota House:
“The legislation applies to employers with 250 or more employees at one warehouse distribution center or 1,000 or more employees at one or more warehouse distribution centers. It requires these corporations to provide warehouse workers with written notice of all quotas and performance standards they are subject to and how they are measured. The information must be provided in the worker’s preferred language. In addition to sharing this information with new employees when they’re hired, employers must notify workers two days before any modifications take effect. The bill stipulates that employers can’t fire or take disciplinary action against a worker who fails to meet a quota that wasn’t disclosed. The bill also gives warehouse workers access to their own work speed data. Workers may request the past 90 days worth of data, and their employer is obligated to share it with them in their preferred language. The same information must be shared with any worker who is disciplined or fired for failing to meet a quota.”

The bill now heads to the Minnesota Senate.