Amazon Labor Union—IBT Local 1
SAFETY BILL OF RIGHTS

Amazon’s relentless drive for profit comes at the cost of our health, our safety, and our basic human rights.

Every day on the floor, we feel the toll — the exhaustion, the muscle strain, the injuries that don’t heal because we can’t afford to take time off. We’ve passed out from the heat, struggled to breathe in the polluted air, and pushed through pain just to keep up with impossible productivity targets. We’ve gotten injured because of broken equipment or dangerous workspaces, only for management to turn around and blame us for the unsafe conditions Amazon created.

Management tells us “safety is the #1 priority” but we know the truth: the system is designed to push us to our limits and beyond — no matter the cost to our bodies.

Amazon treats us like we’re disposable — just another part of the supply chain. But we’re not machines. We’re human beings, and we deserve to work in a place where our health and safety come first. We’re tired of feeling like our pain and exhaustion don’t matter. We’re tired of being pushed harder while Amazon rakes in billions. We’re tired of meaningless, empty promises without real improvements in our working conditions.

It’s time to demand better.

Amazon Labor Union–IBT Local 1 is fighting for a Safety Bill of Rights that puts our health, safety, and humanity before corporate greed. We deserve a fully staffed warehouse, humane individualized accommodations as needed, equipment that works, clean air, safe temperatures, and an end to illegal productivity quotas. We refuse to accept that injury and burnout are just part of the job.

This Safety Bill of Rights outlines the core safety issues facing Amazon workers and the concrete changes we demand to create a safe and humane workplace:

1. Right to Safe Staffing Levels

Profit over safety is a choice. Amazon deliberately understaffs warehouses to cut costs, forcing us to handle unreasonable workloads that lead to exhaustion and injury from our labor. We demand fully staffed shifts and fair job rotation to prevent overwork and injury. 

2. Right to Humane Accommodations

Amazon routinely denies accommodations to pregnant, injured, elderly, and differently-abled workers, pressuring us to work through pain or risk retaliation. This is abuse. We demand fair accommodations and light-duty options that protect our health and safety.

3. Right to Safe Equipment and Workspaces

Amazon knowingly provides us with broken and unsafe equipment while allowing workspaces to remain cluttered and dangerous. Falling products, malfunctioning machinery, and blocked exits are not accidents — they’re the result of Amazon’s refusal to maintain safe facilities. We demand properly maintained equipment and organized, hazard-free workspaces.

4. Right to Safe Temperatures
and Air Quality

Amazon warehouses reach dangerously high temperatures, and air quality is poor, leading to heat exhaustion, dehydration, and respiratory problems. This is preventable — and Amazon chooses not to fix it. We demand proper climate control, clean air, and protected access to hydration and heat breaks without penalty.

5. Right to Safe Pace of Work
and Rest Breaks

Amazon’s productivity expectations push workers to unsustainable limits, creating a cutthroat environment with little time for breaks. This is intentional exploitation. We demand guaranteed rest breaks when needed and an end to illegal productivity quotas and punitive tracking systems that deny our basic humanity.