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Federal judge tells Amazon to improve warehouse worker safety

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Amazon.com sued Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries, saying the state agency violated its due process rights by requiring it to change a warehouse’s operations while the company appealed the directive. A federal judge in Seattle ruled against Amazon, leaving the company with little choice but to make the changes ordered.

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