Article 6YAR9 Disabled Amazon workers in corporate jobs allege ‘systemic discrimination’

Disabled Amazon workers in corporate jobs allege ‘systemic discrimination’

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Stephanie Kirchgaessner and Michael Sainato
from US news | The Guardian on (#6YAR9)

Workers claim the company has used AI to deny requests for accommodation and policed an employee Slack channel

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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