https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qjbv4q/amazon-workers-say-theyre-pressured-to-work-in-dangerous-weather

At 8:35pm last Friday, a tornado swept through Edwardsville, Illinois that caused the walls of an Amazon warehouse to fall inward and the roof to collapse, killing six workers. Minutes before he died, Larry Virden, one of those workers texted his girlfriend to say “Amazon won’t let us leave.” 

The warehouse collapse has raised questions about whether Amazon sufficiently prepares its warehouses for emergency events and severe weather. Amazon warehouse workers around the United States are speaking out to say they have long been pushed to risk their lives to show up to work or stay put in warehouses during various emergency situations.