Coronavirus Cases 'Likely to Exponentially Increase' in Amazon Warehouses

Coronavirus Cases 'Likely to Exponentially Increase' in Amazon Warehouses

4 years ago
Anonymous $9CO2RSACsf

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/939p3e/coronavirus-cases-likely-to-exponentially-increase-in-amazon-warehouses

In late March, the governor of Kentucky ordered an Amazon facility to shut for a week after three workers tested positive for coronavirus, overriding Amazon’s decision to close the warehouse for 48 hours. Yet so far, Amazon has refused to close many of its facilities for longer than a day, while many others remain open even after workers test positive for coronavirus.

A new report published on Thursday by the Athena Coalition and Hedge Clippers, two grassroots workers' rights organizations, says states and governors should be making more of these interventions when Amazon fails to protect its warehouse workers in facilities with coronavirus cases.