Issues of worker safety prompted last week’s shutdown of delivery services throughout the country.
PARIS — Amazon’s French activities remain suspended following a ruling from an appeals court in Versailles on Friday in a case that has pitted the company against unions on the sticky issue of worker safety amid the coronavirus crisis, and prompted last week’s shutdown of delivery services throughout the country.
Following a complaint filed by trade union Sud Solidaires related to worker safety, a French court last week ordered Amazon to limit deliveries to essential goods while conducting a security audit. Failure to comply within 24 hours would result in a fine of 1 million euros a day, according to the ruling from the court in Nanterre, on the outskirts of Paris.
The union had described the situation as a “sanitary and social bomb,” while Amazon has insisted it has taken measures to ensure the safety of its workers.
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