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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Stephanie Kirchgaessner and Michael Sainato

Disabled Amazon workers in corporate jobs allege ‘systemic discrimination’

Cardboard box on conveyor belt
A conveyor belt at the Amazon warehouse in Melville, New York, on 11 July 2023. Photograph: Soren Larson/Reuters

Disabled corporate workers at Amazon have accused the company of engaging in “systemic discrimination”, aggressively quashing their attempts to organize, and using artificial intelligence systems that they allege do not comply with US disability laws.

At the center of the Amazon workers’ complaints are allegations that the company has denied requests for accommodations for disabled staff in an “automated” or “semi-automated” way and have allegedly repeatedly removed messages and a petition from an employee Slack channel.

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