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Report: Extensive Worker Abuses at XPO Logistics
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 Oct. 8, 2020 | WORKERS’ RIGHTS | XPO Logistics—one of the ten largest logistics corporations in the world with 97,000 employees at more than 1,500 locations in 30 countries—has long hidden behind the big brands that utilize its shipping and logistics services: Amazon, Target, Walmart, Best Buy, Home Depot, Lowe's, Dollar Tree, Williams-Sonoma, Peloton, Starbucks—the list goes on. A new report released on Wednesday shines a light on the exploitative and dangerous labor practices the company has utilized across the United States and Europe in recent years, particularly during the ongoing pandemic. Researchers from a coalition of 11 unions, collectively known as the XPO Global Union Family, which includes the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in the United States, came together to write the report "Delivering Injustice”… Vice Related: The Teamsters' summary of key findings. Full report here
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