Posted on Mar 31, 2020
Work strikes at Amazon, Instacart and Whole Foods show essential workers' safety concerns
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2020/03/30/coronavirus-safety-drives-strikes-amazon-instacart-and-whole-foods/ [login to see] /
"After a month of frenzied shopping, stay-at-home measures and the escalation of the coronavirus crisis, the pressure cooker of the workplace appears ready to boil over."
"After a month of frenzied shopping, stay-at-home measures and the escalation of the coronavirus crisis, the pressure cooker of the workplace appears ready to boil over."
Work strikes at Amazon, Instacart and Whole Foods show essential workers' safety concerns
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Amazon
Coronavirus COVID19
Health
Safety
Posted >1 y ago
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I was thinking the other day what kind of stress was being put of Amazon and the package delivery businesses.
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LTC Eugene Chu
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"Co-workers there feared for their own health because workers weren't always physically distanced and the site was not closed to be sanitized. "We are working long, crowded shifts in the epicenter of a global pandemic, and Amazon has failed to provide us with the most basic safeguards to protect us, our families, and the public's health,” said Rina Cummings, a worker at the center, in a statement released by Athena, a coalition of groups that represent Amazon workers and others concerned about the company's influence."
"Co-workers there feared for their own health because workers weren't always physically distanced and the site was not closed to be sanitized. "We are working long, crowded shifts in the epicenter of a global pandemic, and Amazon has failed to provide us with the most basic safeguards to protect us, our families, and the public's health,” said Rina Cummings, a worker at the center, in a statement released by Athena, a coalition of groups that represent Amazon workers and others concerned about the company's influence."
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That article is a joke.... I work at Amazon and a company wide mandate was issued more than a week and a half ago to observe social distancing. We even have some lower level leaders going around and ensuring that the 6 foot distance is being observed. I have no tears for them because if they aren't following the social distancing rules, then they are violating Amazon policy and have no one to blame but themselves.
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