Amazon workers in Chicago followed colleagues in New York in walking off the job to protest what they say is the high risk of contracting COVID-19.
after learning an employee had tested positive for the coronavirus. Almost two weeks later, employees throughout Amazon’s massive logistics network are making similar complaints.the first COVID-19 infection at an Amazon fulfillment center in Edison, New Jersey, on March 25. On Monday, an employee at that facility who requested anonymity to protect his job said he’d heard from supervisors that additional workers had tested positive, but that Amazon had not informed staff.
A different anonymous worker from Robbinsville, New Jersey, who reached out to BuzzFeed News said his facility had at least two confirmed cases of COVID-19. Employees there also wondered why Amazon wouldn't close their workplace for cleaning. “The just set up fever stations last night, a few weeks late if you ask me,” said Krisher. “They do not supply any [personal protective equipment], just some cloth gloves. One wipe of Lysol to clean your station. Then to show how serious they are, they are doing [write] ups for violating social distancing. [If] you have [ever] been in the back part of amazon, you will see that is not really [an] option.
The concerns of workers in New Jersey and Michigan are echoed in complaints from workers in Chicago, who said in their petition that Amazon’s claims of “enhanced cleaning” weren't reflected in what they saw at work.
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