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

February 23, 2024Comments Off on Amazon to pay $1.9 million to settle claims of human rights abuses of contract workers

Amazon 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…