Amazon to pay $1.9 million to settle claims of human rights abuses of contract workers

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1.0Best Newshttps://aitesonics.comFOX NEWShttps://aitesonics.com/author/fox-news/Amazon to pay $1.9 million to settle claims of human rights abuses of contract workers - Best Newsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="bN8xj7CXJa"><a href="https://aitesonics.com/amazon-to-pay-19-million-to-settle-claims-of-human-rights-abuses-of-contract-workers-192237377/">Amazon to pay $1.9 million to settle claims of human rights abuses of contract workers</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://aitesonics.com/amazon-to-pay-19-million-to-settle-claims-of-human-rights-abuses-of-contract-workers-192237377/embed/#?secret=bN8xj7CXJa" width="600" height="338" title="“Amazon to pay $1.9 million to settle claims of human rights abuses of contract workers” — Best News" data-secret="bN8xj7CXJa" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/_AQB.N4tq7zM0pPKjdcpWQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD04MDA-/https://s.yimg.com/os/creatr-uploaded-images/2024-02/869937f0-d27c-11ee-b7b2-cb4445d5f51860099999Amazon will pay out $1.9 million to more than 700 migrant workers to settle claims of human rights abuses following exploitative labor contracts, as reported by CNBC.The impacted laborers were working at two of the company’s warehouses in Saudi Arabia. Amazon acknowledged the issue in a blog post, saying it hired a third-party labor rights […]