I just saw that New York City Amazon employees are threatening to walk off the job on Monday due to deteriorating conditions in their warehouses when dealing with COVID-19 (coronavirus).
Governor Andrew Cuomo has told America that New York is the epicenter of the coronavirus and many didn’t believe him, but with this news and more coming from the state, he just might be correct.
Who could blame these workers for coming to this decision? Reports are that employees are being diagnosed with the disease while the safety of the packages could also be in jeopardy. If the warehouse is nasty, and the packages are distributed through that warehouse, won’t that have some type of reaction throughout the state? I am not a scientist but I am not dumb either.
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Amazon employees at a New York City warehouse are planning to walk off the job Monday, as a growing number of delivery and warehouse workers demand better pay and protections in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Employees at the Amazon fulfillment center in Staten Island will strike until the building is sanitized in the wake of several workers testing positive for the coronavirus, says Chris Smalls, a manager assistant who is coordinating the walkout.
“We’re not returning to work until they close the building down,” says Smalls, adding that roughly 5,000 workers work at the building during the course of a week. “They know at lunchtime, when they clock out, do not return.”
The warehouse walkout is not the only one planned for Monday. More than 150,000 drivers and shoppers for the online grocery service Instacart are planning a national strike they say will continue until the company offers an additional $5 per order in hazard pay, the provision of supplies like cleansing wipes, and expanded pay for those affected by the coronavirus. [JS Online]
According to Athena, a coalition of groups that represent Amazon workers, there have been reports of other Amazon workers becoming ill at fulfillment and distribution centers across the country.
This has to be taken care of so that these workers are protected. It the right thing to do.
This piece was written by Wayne Dupree on March 30, 2020. It originally appeared in WayneDupree.com [2] and is used by permission.
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