WA Department of Labor & Industries fines Amazon $7,000: The state's labor regulator issued a citation to the “Earth’s Safest Place to Work” for "violating the law by pressuring warehouse employees to work at speeds that exacerbate injuries without adequate time to recover," the
Seattle Times reports. The piddly penalty amounts to "the maximum for a serious citation." The company plans to address the problem not by allowing workers to slow down but by rolling out wellness measurers that "include 'AmaZen' mindfulness exercises and signs encouraging healthy eating." And now I have to stop typing because my blood has frozen solid.