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By Nandita Bose
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Amazon.com relies on comprehensive employee tracking to increase employee performance and potentially restrict union organization efforts in the United States, a study paper published Monday by the Open Markets Institute said.
The Washington-based advocacy and study group, which focuses on the antitrust and monopolistic strength of generation companies, said Amazon uses equipment such as navigation software, item scanners, bracelets, thermal cameras, security cameras, and recorded photographs to monitor it in warehouses and stores.
The document says Amazon is moving workers to what may also be an attempt to restrict unionization.For example, it creates heat maps and uses knowledge such as team members’ emotions and a diversity index to determine which of their retail outlets would possibly be at the top.threat of unionization, the report says.
This can have an effect on workers’ ability to advocate for better career situations and drive collective action, according to the paper.
Companies in all industries use their knowledge of the pictorial force to increase production.Companies have increased surveillance of the coronavirus pandemic to track painters and maintain a healthy paint force, as well as to track the time they spend running while more people paint remotely.
Amazon has been examined for the way it treats its workers, but did not respond to several emails and call comments after Reuters shared the IMO exam with the company.
Reuters reported in May that Amazon has long resisted unionization.Amazon spokeswoman Rachael Lighty said at the time that Amazon is already providing what employee teams are asking for: $15 per hour or more to get started, fitness benefits and career expansion opportunities.and protecting employees the most sensitive priority of the company.
Sally Hubbard, director of compliance strategy at the Open Markets Institute (IMO) and former Deputy Attorney General of New York, said: “Our purpose is to show how the massive force imbalance between employers and staff is exacerbated through an alarming increase in surveillance.”
The document states that invasive employee surveillance bureaucracy will be prohibited and employers such as Amazon may discharge approval from state and federal agencies for non-invasive follow-up measures that do not harm employees.
The study paper also states that the National Labor Relations Board prohibits certain types of tracking and its use to restrict unionization efforts.
If corporations continue to do so, it is up to them to download approval from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), a firm of the Ministry of Labour, according to the newspaper.
(Report through Nandita Bose in Washington, edited by Chris Sanders and Howard Goller)