Amazon warehouse workers say they’re doing “back-breaking” work without paid time off, 10 December 2019

…a group of delivery station workers called Amazonians United Sacramento has made a public petition for paid time off...

...So far, Amazon’s site and regional management team has not met with organizers...or made any changes to the PTO policy…

… because they aren’t working full-time hours, most of these workers do not receive benefits...and they can be fired for taking off more than 20 hours every quarter. Amazon publicly promises its part-time employees paid time off...

When workers in Sacramento pointed this out to management, they say they were told the rules don’t apply to them since they are a specific subcategory of “class q” and “class m” logistics workers — a distinction they had previously never heard of...

… An Amazon spokesperson acknowledged that the company has received workers’ petition, but did not immediately respond to a question about how “class q” and “class m” workers are defined, and why these workers are not eligible for PTO like other part-time employees.

... “...Benefits vary based on a variety of factors but if someone wanted to move to a role that offered regular, full-time benefits we expect to have more than a thousand of those roles in Sacramento throughout the year.”...