
Amazon shareholders call for company to release warehouse safety data after workers raise alarm
The IndependentThe latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Warehouse workers - central to the company's ability to function - have called for Amazon to increase safety measures and to offer employees paid sick leave. Amazon warehouse workers met with many of the company's investors at an "alternative" shareholder event last week. CtW Investment Group - which works with several union- Two Amazon warehouse workers and one delivery driver who was fired after raising safety concerns met with the investors and discussed their experiences in the warehouses. "As long term Amazon shareowners, with $4.2 billion invested in Amazon shares on a combined basis, we are concerned by the potential disconnect between management's reported employee initiatives and these media reports regarding widespread Covid-19 health and safety concerns among Amazon employees.You are best positioned to speak to the board's independent oversight of Covid-19 related initiatives and investments at the annual shareholder meeting," the letter states.
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