to demand greater protections for employees amid the coronavirus outbreak. Chris Smalls, a management assistant at the facility, said he was fired for organizing the strike, but Amazon said it fired Smalls because he violated social distancing rules while he was supposed to be under quarantine after being exposed to a coworker who tested positive for the coronavirus.
Amazon declined to comment on the walkout plans for this week. But in the past, the company has downplayed the walkouts, saying only a small percentage of workers at the facilities participated in the protests and there was no disruption to operations.the company has taken to protect warehouse workers during the pandemic. Amazon increased the frequency and intensity of cleaning at all of its sites and requires that employees sanitize and clean their work stations at the start and end of shifts.
Despite this, warehouse workers say Amazon isn’t doing enough to protect them from catching the virus while they’re on the job. Monica Moody, a packer at an Amazon facility in Charlotte, North Carolina, said it’s one of the reasons why she plans to participate in the “mass call out” tomorrow. “I just want better treatment,” said Moody, who is also a member of United for Respect. “I would feel a whole lot safer if they would just close down facilities for two weeks and clean them. I would go back to work, no problem.”
But, but amazon PR says they have protection and plenty of room for distancing.
Haven’t we been hearing this for weeks now?
Be thankful you have jobs at this point! Put a mask on, wash your hands and don’t cough!
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Primitive behavior from Amazonian Executives? Business must go on at all costs, or debunking the whole Coronavirus health threat crisis? Excessive materialism nullifies common sense and empathy. It's business as usual. No slack will be tolerated...or your out. Fired!
In unrelated news: Amazon drastically increases investment in robotics technology
Fire them
sayfuturemed That's not what the Amazon commercial is saying 🤣
You know... I'm not sure a strike during a time where millions are unemployed is the best idea .
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Not bad
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I’d been wondering about that right off the bat..cannot believe they’ve been working under those conditions 🤯
Wow. Hero's in our war against this virus. You don't see transportation industry doing this or hospitals. Very sad.
Want another part of this Amazon saga? Talk to the employees that were recently fired for standing up to Bezos re:going green. All in all Amazon should not be at the top of successful businesses. They break the backs of employees.
Good. Amazon workers have it extremely tough and have no support from their employer.
Jeff is the real virus
the more people at home, but the amazon profits, why stop working?
Fine fire them.......