More than 300 Amazon warehouse workers are calling out of work this week to protest coronavirus safety by rachsandl
More than 300 Amazon warehouse workers are calling out of work this week to demand additional coronavirus protections for the nearly 250,000 warehouse workers employed nationwide at the company, which has seen itsThe newest Amazon Robotics fulfillment center is seen during its first public tour on April 12, 2019Photo by Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesAccording to labor group United For Respect, which is helping organize the walkout, more than 300 employees in at least 50 warehouses said...
Employees will be participating throughout the entire week because Amazon staggers shifts so there are fewer people in the warehouse at one time.that Amazon immediately shut down facilities where workers test positive for the coronavirus, provide testing and full pay to employees at those facilities, offer paid sick leave for employees with possible coronavirus symptoms , increase hazard pay and eliminate work quotas so employees can take time away from their job to sanitize.
In a statement, Amazon spokeswoman Lisa Levandowski said employee participation in the protest has been “grossly exaggerated” and additional steps it has implemented for employees, including temperature checks, masks, a $2 minimum wage bump and more frequent cleaning of doorknobs, touch screens and other areas.employees can leave and wash their hands at any time without having to worry about performance goals.“I’m calling out this week because I’m scared to come to work and can’t trust Amazon to keep me and my co-workers safe,” said Jaylen Camp, an Amazon worker at the fulfillment center in Romulus, Michigan.
Amazon denied it fired Smalls in retaliation for protesting, saying he was terminated because he didn’t follow orders to stay home after having contact with the infected employee. The company said it fired the other two employees for violating internal policies, but did notEmily Cunningham and Maren Costa, the corporate employees who were fired, are organizing a sickout among the company’s white collar workers on Friday.
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