Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports that alarmed at the safety threats Warehouse Workers face nationally - especially if they work for Amazon and Walmart, a bipartisan group of four representatives have unveiled Federal Legislation to mandate bosses disclose production quotas and ban production methods - notably high line speeds - that endanger Warehouse Worker health and safety.  “Businesses can keep Workers safe and earn a profit, but that’s only possible with more transparency and more accountability to bring Warehouse Safety Standards up to date,” explained U.S. Representative Donald Norcross (Democrat-New Jersey), a Member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) and Co-Chair of the Congressional Labor Caucus.  “The increasingly dangerous working conditions at warehouses across the country that result from these quota systems are wholly unacceptable.”  Supporters include the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) and its affiliated Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWSDSU), the Athena Pro-Worker Coalition, the National Employment Law Project and the National AFL-CIO. 

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