Amazon sweatshops should not exist in America

Just because the employees sweat a little does not mean it is a
sweatshop....

I work in the oil and natural gas field in Texas. This summer we had
60+ days of 100+ temp. A lot of those were 107-110.

There are jobs that require you work in somewhat extreme conditions.
If you cannot handle it, find work elsewhere.

As long as they have long lines of people looking for a job, what
reason do they have to improve?

I live like 15 minutes away from the warehouse.

This is how they treat their workers:

http://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-allentown-amazon-complaints-2011091
7,0,1246510.story

I love love love Amazon and this made me think twice about renewing my
prime membership. I don't know if I want to give my money to a company
like this.

After they opened there was also a news story about how they over
hired and the only way I can describe it was like an airline. First
come first serve. People went to work thinking they had a job... quit
other jobs for it... and they were screwed.

I certainly hope you aren't suggesting that sweat shops belong
anywhere else in the world.

(Yes, I know they exist, but they shouldn't)

that Amazon should have just closed the site for the day, I think that
YOU should personally field the myriad of angry letters from the
Amazon customers who would not get their merchandise that day (while
seated comfortably in their air conditioned offices or homes) and are
OUTRAGED that a company would sacrifice customer service because it's
"too hot outside."

That's right, sweatshops should not exist in America.

They should exist elsewhere.

You've never spent a summer in the midwest detassling corn in 100+
degree heat, have you?

If they get to open a window. At our school they aren't even supposed
to open the window. Doesn't matter if the a/c is out and it's 115
outside. They say it's to dangerous to have the window open in a
elementary school because a kid could fall out or something.

People really need to read articles before they post.

The warehouse is in Penn. which on an unusually hot day the
temperatures reached 95 degrees in which 15 out of 1,500 employees
were treated by medical staff (that managers called in because of the
heat to be on standby) and returned to work.

Amazon has already installed 15 new fans and plans on installing a
cooling system in the future.

Some employees did complain, which is their right, but if you work in
a building with no AC it might get hot.

Do I feel bad, yea it stinks to work in the heat, but sometimes it
happens. When my wife and I are up north she works in a kitchen with
no AC and its not unusual for it to hit 100 degrees in the summer.

Im not an advocate of Amazon, but calling it a sweatshop because of
one day is a bit off.