Amazon has faced criticism for not doing enough to protect its ballooning workforce of warehouse workers.
employee complaints about limited hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes, lax enforcement of social distancing guidelines, not enough paid time off or transparency about which workers are infected.: Working conditions in Amazon warehouses came under scrutiny this week after employees at a Staten Island warehouse went on
to demand the facility be closed for cleaning after multiple employees tested positive for Covid-19. A worker who led the walkout,on Monday, drawing criticism from New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York Attorney General Letitia James, who called on the National Labor Relations Board to investigate. An internal memo from top Amazon executives leaked to Vice revealed the company called Smalls “not smart or articulate.” Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment from: The U.S. is experiencing the worst coronavirus outbreak in the world as states continue to impose aggressive restrictions on business, work and social gatherings in an effort to slow the spread of the virus.
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