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Article

23 Mar 2020

Author:
Sara Ashley O'Brien & Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business

Warehouse workers ask Amazon to do more to protect them from COVID-19; incl. company comments

"Amazon warehouse workers fear catching coronavirus just to get you your packages," 20 March 2020

... While Amazon... has taken a number of steps in recent days to protect workers -- including discontinuing stand-up meetings where workers gathered... and allowing workers to take unlimited unpaid days off -- several warehouse employees and industry experts told CNN Business they feel the company should be doing more... Warehouse workers are petitioning the company to provide paid sick leave regardless of whether someone tests positive for coronavirus, given how difficult it can be to get access to a test. They're asking for facilities to be shut down and for workers to be tested for coronavirus when a positive case is found.

... [A]n Amazon spokesperson said, "the vast majority of our employees around the world continue to come to work and serve the people in their communities in a way that very few can—delivering critical supplies directly to the doorsteps of people who need them... We are going to great lengths to keep the buildings extremely clean and help employees practice important precautions such as social distancing and other measures," the spokesperson added. "Those who don't want to come to work are welcome to use paid and unpaid time off options and we support them in doing so."