Workers at Amazon’s Staten Island warehouse will stage a walkout today over the online retailer’s decision to keep the facility open despite a confirmed case there
Monday’s walkout follows calls by Amazon employees for Bezos to provide better protections for staff. At least 4,670 employees haveasking for paid sick leave for all workers, regardless of diagnosis, amid a wider lack of tests in the U.S.
Amazon says it is committed to the health and safety of its employees and has “increased the frequency and intensity of cleaning at all sites,” as well asthe U.S. population, Amazon has emerged as a somewhat essential business as people stuck at home turn to the company for groceries and goods they can no longer buy in person. The company has opened 100,000 positions across its 500+ fulfillment centers across the U.S.
for being unable to provide adequate protection for workers, which he has blamed on a global shortage of face masks.: There are now at least 776 confirmed deaths linked to COVID-19 in New York City alone, which is the center of the outbreak in the U.S. Nationwide, confirmed cases have surged to almost 150,000 as of Monday morning. Some 2,500 people have died in the U.S. after contracting coronavirus, while 4,800 have recovered.
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