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CANDID WHIRL (April 1953) .. Jeanne Ferguson ...item 2.. Inside Amazon's warehouse -- dizzying pace at online retailer (September 17, 2011) ...
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"The safety and welfare of our employees is our No. 1 priority at Amazon, and as the general manager, I take that responsibility seriously," Amazon warehouse manager Vickie Mortimer told the paper.
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.....item 1).... website ... Yahoo! News ... THE LOOKOUT ... Employees say they faced brutal heat at Amazon warehouse
By Liz Goodwin | The Lookout – Tue, Sep 20, 2011
news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/employees-faced-brutal-worki...
Twenty current and former employees at an Amazon warehouse in Pennsylvania say they were forced to work in brutal heat at a breakneck pace while hired paramedics waited outside in case anyone became dangerously dehydrated.
Spencer Soper has published an exhaustive investigation into the massive online retailer's Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania operation. Soper reports that a local doctor treated employees at the facility for heat-related health problems, and wound up filing a complaint about conditions there with federal regulators. Many of the warehouse's employees were temporary and hired through a staffing company; if they did not meet packing quotas, they faced daily threats of termination, Soper writes.
He also notes that a corps of other temporary workers were poised to replace any freshly fired Amazon employee. "The safety and welfare of our employees is our No. 1 priority at Amazon, and as the general manager, I take that responsibility seriously," Amazon warehouse manager Vickie Mortimer told the paper.
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.....2).... website ... THE MORNING CALL ... Use it for life ...
Inside Amazon's warehouse
Lehigh Valley workers tell of brutal heat, dizzying pace at online retailer.
Karen Salasky at first loved working at the Amazon.com warehouse in Breinigsville.… (APRIL BARTHOLOMEW, THE MORNING CALL)
September 17, 2011|By Spencer Soper, Of The Morning Call
articles.mcall.com/2011-09-17/news/mc-allentown-amazon-co...
Allentown, Pa. — Elmer Goris spent a year working in Amazon.com's Lehigh Valley warehouse, where books, CDs and various other products are packed and shipped to customers who order from the world's largest online retailer.
The 34-year-old Allentown resident, who has worked in warehouses for more than 10 years, said he quit in July because he was frustrated with the heat and demands that he work mandatory overtime. Working conditions at the warehouse got worse earlier this year, especially during summer heat waves when heat in the warehouse soared above 100 degrees, he said.
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He got light-headed, he said, and his legs cramped, symptoms he never experienced in previous warehouse jobs. One hot day, Goris said, he saw a co-worker pass out at the water fountain. On other hot days, he saw paramedics bring people out of the warehouse in wheelchairs and on stretchers.
"I never felt like passing out in a warehouse and I never felt treated like a piece of crap in any other warehouse but this one," Goris said. "They can do that because there aren't any jobs in the area."
Goris' complaints are not unique.
Over the past two months, The Morning Call interviewed 20 current and former warehouse workers who showed pay stubs, tax forms or other proof of employment. They offered a behind-the-scenes glimpse of what it's like to work in the Amazon warehouse, where temperatures soar on hot summer days, production rates are difficult to achieve and the permanent jobs sought by many temporary workers hired by an outside agency are tough to get.
Only one of the employees interviewed described it as a good place to work.
Workers said they were forced to endure brutal heat inside the sprawling warehouse and were pushed to work at a pace many could not sustain. Employees were frequently reprimanded regarding their productivity and threatened with termination, workers said. The consequences of not meeting work expectations were regularly on display, as employees lost their jobs and got escorted out of the warehouse. Such sights encouraged some workers to conceal pain and push through injury lest they get fired as well, workers said.
During summer heat waves, Amazon arranged to have paramedics parked in ambulances outside, ready to treat any workers who dehydrated or suffered other forms of heat stress. Those who couldn't quickly cool off and return to work were sent home or taken out in stretchers and wheelchairs and transported to area hospitals. And new applicants were ready to begin work at any time.
An emergency room doctor in June called federal regulators to report an "unsafe environment" after he treated several Amazon warehouse workers for heat-related problems. The doctor's report was echoed by warehouse workers who also complained to regulators, including a security guard who reported seeing pregnant employees suffering in the heat.
In a better economy, not as many people would line up for jobs that pay or an hour moving inventory through a hot warehouse. But with job openings scarce, Amazon and Integrity Staffing Solutions, the temporary employment firm that is hiring workers for Amazon, have found eager applicants in the swollen ranks of the unemployed.
Many warehouse workers are hired for temporary positions by Integrity Staffing Solutions, or ISS, and are told that if they work hard they may be converted to permanent positions with Amazon, current and former employees said. The temporary assignments end after a designated number of hours, and those not hired to permanent Amazon jobs can reapply for temporary positions again after a few months, workers said.
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Temporary employees interviewed said few people in their working groups actually made it to a permanent Amazon position. Instead, they said they were pushed harder and harder to work faster and faster until they were terminated, they quit or they got injured. Those interviewed say turnover at the warehouse is high and many hires don't last more than a few months.
The supply of temporary workers keeps Amazon's warehouse fully staffed without the expense of a permanent workforce that expects raises and good benefits. Using temporary employees in general also helps reduce the prospect that employees will organize a union that pushes for better treatment because the employees are in constant flux, labor experts say. And Amazon limits its liability for workers' compensation and unemployment insurance because most of the workers don't work for Amazon, they work for the temp agency.
Amazon's priority and key competitive edge is quick delivery of products at low prices. Its Lehigh Valley location on Route 100 near Interstate 78 puts one-third of the population of the U.S. and Canada within a one-day haul. And the weak labor market helps keep employment costs down.
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Karen Salasky at first loved working at the Amazon.com warehouse in Breinigsville.… (APRIL BARTHOLOMEW, THE MORNING CALL)
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Bettie Page (Christmas 1954) ... Problems in the bedroom? It could be because your partner gets on too well with your friends -- 'Partner betweeness’ (17th January 2012) ...
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But they said reducing his contact with his friends to the point that all your socialising is done together can be dangerous.
It suggests wives should encourage their husbands to spend time alone with male friends – even the ones they don’t like.
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......item 1).... Mail Online .... www.dailymail.co.uk/health .... Problems in the bedroom? It could be because your partner gets on too well with your friends
..'Partner betweeness’ - where a girlfriend or wife comes between a man and his friends - linked to erectile dysfunction
..Men who do not have enough time to spend with their friends can feel resentful and less attracted to their partner
By TAMARA COHEN and DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Last updated at 11:16 AM on 17th January 2012
www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2087764/Problems-bedro...
Men whose girlfriends are too friendly with their mates suffer in the bedroom, researchers say.
A study by Cornell University found that older men who do all their socialising alongside their other halves are more likely to suffer from erectile dysfunction.
The phenonomon was dubbed ‘partner betweeness’ - where a romantic partner comes between a man and his friends.
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Scientists say men who experience partner betweenness in their joint relationships are more likely to have trouble getting an erection
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Around 25 per cent of the men surveyed experiences this uncomfortable state.
Benjamin Cornwell, who carried out the research with Edward Laumann of the University of Chicago, said: 'Men who experience partner betweenness in their joint relationships are more likely to have trouble getting or maintaining an erection and are also more likely to experience difficulty achieving orgasm during sex.'
The pair say that partner betweenness undermines men’s feelings of autonomy and privacy, which are central to traditional concepts of masculinity.
They warned that women who try to micro-manage their husband’s social lives may also be storing up problems for themselves.
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The US scientists also found men who do not have enough spare time to spend with their own friends, can feel less attracted to their partner.
The authors said there is nothing wrong with the wife doing most of the organising of their social activities – as women tend to be more organised.
But they said reducing his contact with his friends to the point that all your socialising is done together can be dangerous. It suggests wives should encourage their husbands to spend time alone with male friends – even the ones they don’t like.
Professor Benjamin Cornwell, of Cornell University added: ‘There is a bit of a gate-keeper aspect that probably troubles some men.
‘They key issue is whether it reduces his contact with his friends while it increases hers – for example she alters his social schedule to the point that his contact with his friends increasingly occurs in the context of couple’s dinners.
‘A man’s ability to play a round of golf or to have a few drinks with a friend who has only a passing acquaintance to his wife or girlfriend is crucial to preserving some independence in everyday life.
‘If he has to bring his wife along every time they meet, or his wife starts monopolising that friend, that’s when problems may arise.’
The researchers analysed data from the National Social Life, Health and Aging Project, a 2005 survey of 3,000 people in Chicago, who were aged 57 to 85.
Co-author Edward Laumann, a professor of sociology at the University of Chicago said: ‘He needs to have someone to talk to about the things that matter to him – whether its football, politics, what car he is going to buy or worries about his health or his job.
‘The important thing is that he can let it all hang out and know that what he says isn’t going to get straight back to his wife.’
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