Amazon is
allegedly violating federal laws by discriminating
against disabled
employees. | | |
Amazon Is Allegedly Using AI to
Illegally Discriminate Against Disabled
Employees | | |
The dystopian
version of AI is apparently in place at Amazon. Disabled workers in corporate
settings are alleging that the company is using AI
processes as a way to discriminate against them.
This is in violation of federal law under both
the U.S. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the
National Labor Relations Act.
For example, the
company has been pushing strict "return-to-office"
policies, after a period of increased work-from-home
flexibility following COVID. But for disabled workers,
some are unable to return to the office, for a wide
variety of reasons.
Apparently, even when they
have medical recommendations or serious accessibility
concerns, Amazon's AI programs are automatically
denying their requests for reasonable
accommodations. That leaves them with limited
options — and sometimes facing unemployment.
On
top of that, Amazon has allegedly been suppressing
dissent or discussion about this problem among its
employees. When workers began reviewing the importance
of organizing in order to safeguard their
federally-protected ADA rights, Amazon apparently
swooped in and interrupted those messages. Sometimes
it fired the people involved in these discussions,
and sometimes it deleted their messages outright on
Slack groups.
According to an internal employee
poll, approximately 93% of disabled respondents said
the company's current policies had been personally
damaging to them. More than 200 disabled
employees signed onto a letter urging Amazon
executives to bring the company back in line with
disability laws and labor laws.
U.S. agencies must
investigate and punish Amazon for violating federal laws
regarding labor rights and disability rights! Sign the
petition! | | |
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Thank you,
Celeste
Care2 Petitions
Team | | |
P.S. Demand an
investigation into Amazon's discriminatory — and deeply
illegal — labor practices. Sign the
petition. |
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From:
Celeste
S., Care2 Action Alerts <action...@care2.com>Date: чт, 24 июл. 2025 г.
в 10:17
Subject: AI is apparently helping Amazon violate disability labor
rights laws
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