Amazon to end testing for COVID-19 at warehouses this month
3 years, 5 months ago

Amazon to end testing for COVID-19 at warehouses this month

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Amazon will stop testing workers for COVID-19 at its warehouses at the end of this month, citing the availability of vaccines and free testing. U.S. cases of COVID-19 last week increased by 17,000 nationwide over a 14-day period for the first time since late fall, and an increase in death historically follows a spike in illness. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy Health officials said Tuesday that the delta variant of the coronavirus continues to surge and accounts for an estimated 83% of U.S. COVID-19 cases.

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Amazon ignored internal warnings of warehouse injuries, Senate probe finds
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Amazon ignored internal warnings of warehouse injuries, Senate probe finds

LA Times  

For years, Amazon has faced accusations that the pressure the company puts on its warehouse workers to work more quickly has led to higher rates of injuries. In a report on its findings released this week, the Senate’s Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions concluded that in 2023 Amazon warehouses recorded more than 30% more injuries than the industry …

4 vaccinated front-line workers cope with pandemic’s toll
3 years, 4 months ago

4 vaccinated front-line workers cope with pandemic’s toll

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The early months of the coronavirus pandemic shined a spotlight on essential workers. “I’m know for a fact that I’m not going to make him it get it if doesn’t want to,” Brown said. “But I feel like it’s best.” THE SUBWAY DRIVER Transit workers in New York City became eligible for the vaccine in January, but …

Amazon to mandate masks for all its workers in warehouses
3 years, 5 months ago

Amazon to mandate masks for all its workers in warehouses

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Starting Monday, Amazon will be requiring all of its 900,000 U.S. warehouse workers to wear masks indoors, regardless of their vaccination status. Amazon said Friday that its call for a nationwide mask mandate for its warehouse workers was in response to the spread of COVID-19 variants in the U.S., and guidance from public health authorities and its …

Amazon pushes back return to office to January due to COVID
3 years, 5 months ago

Amazon pushes back return to office to January due to COVID

The Hindu  

Amazon has pushed back its return-to-office date for tech and corporate workers until January as COVID-19 cases surge nationally due to the more contagious delta variant. The surge of the delta variant of the coronavirus has upended many companies’ plans to bring office workers back this fall, a drive already complicated by efforts to accommodate widespread employee preference for flexible …

Amazon pushes back return to office to January due to COVID
3 years, 5 months ago

Amazon pushes back return to office to January due to COVID

Associated Press  

SEATTLE — Amazon has pushed back its return-to-office date for tech and corporate workers until January as COVID-19 cases surge nationally due to the more contagious delta variant. The surge of the delta variant of the coronavirus has upended many companies’ plans to bring office workers back this fall, a drive already complicated by efforts to accommodate widespread employee preference …

Companies should retain access to free Covid tests for workers, unions say as scheme deadline looms
3 years, 5 months ago

Companies should retain access to free Covid tests for workers, unions say as scheme deadline looms

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The further extra cost of tests would have a …

After Months of Work From Home, Amazon to Bring Employees Back to Offices Soon
3 years, 9 months ago

After Months of Work From Home, Amazon to Bring Employees Back to Offices Soon

News 18  

Amazon plans to have its employees return to the office by fall as the tech giant transitions away from the remote work it implemented for many workers due to the coronavirus pandemic. The company had previously given its return-to-office date as June 30, but questions remained as to whether the company would allow some of its 60,000 Seattle-area office employees …

Amazon workers say Prime Day rush breaks pandemic safety vows
4 years, 2 months ago

Amazon workers say Prime Day rush breaks pandemic safety vows

LA Times  

Amazon warehouse workers allege in a court filing that in the run-up to Prime Day, the company has been hassling employees about productivity and warning that slowness could get them terminated. “Amazon has not been honest and forthcoming,” employees at a warehouse in Staten Island, N.Y., told the judge handling their lawsuit, which alleges that the company’s “oppressive and dangerous” …

Prime Day, peak season and the pandemic: Amazon warehouse workers brace for the months ahead
4 years, 2 months ago

Prime Day, peak season and the pandemic: Amazon warehouse workers brace for the months ahead

CNN  

CNN Business — Amazon is gearing up for one of its largest shopping events of the year, which is set to begin Tuesday. Following basic Covid-19 virus precautions, such as maintaining six feet of social distancing, can prove increasingly difficult in certain parts of Amazon ’s facilities as more workers are on-site and as the volume of packages increases, six …

Amazon reveals 19,8000 employees have tested positive for COVID-19
4 years, 3 months ago

Amazon reveals 19,8000 employees have tested positive for COVID-19

Daily Mail  

Nearly 20,000 Amazon employees have tested positive for COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic in March, the company has revealed. Amazon said 19,816 of its 1.37million workers, have contracted the virus - a rate of 1.4 per cent. Amazon on Thursday revealed 19,816 of its employees have tested positive since March The company analyzed data on 1.37million workers at …

Amazon says nearly 20,000 of its workers have had coronavirus
4 years, 3 months ago

Amazon says nearly 20,000 of its workers have had coronavirus

LA Times  

Amazon was facing pressure from labor groups and its own workers to divulge its COVID-19 numbers. Amazon says that nearly 20,000 of its frontline U.S. workers have tested positive or been presumed positive for the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. “This is not an arena where companies should compete — this is an arena where companies should help one another.” The …

Amazon said nearly 20,000 employees have tested positive or been presumed positive for COVID-19
4 years, 3 months ago

Amazon said nearly 20,000 employees have tested positive or been presumed positive for COVID-19

CNN  

CNN Business — Amazon said Thursday that 19,816 of its front-line US employees at Amazon and Whole Foods have tested positive or been presumed positive for the coronavirus, shedding light for the first time on how its workforce has been impacted by Covid-19. In a blog post, the company said it did a “thorough analysis of data on all 1,372,000 …

Amazon workers sue over covid-19 brought home from warehouse
4 years, 7 months ago

Amazon workers sue over covid-19 brought home from warehouse

Live Mint  

A group of Amazon.com Inc. warehouse employees sued the online retail giant, claiming its working conditions put not only them at risk of contracting the coronavirus but also their family members, including one who died. Barbara Chandler, one of three workers who filed a lawsuit Wednesday in New York, claims she contracted the virus in March at Amazon’s Staten Island …

Amazon warehouse workers are suing the company for endangering their families
4 years, 7 months ago

Amazon warehouse workers are suing the company for endangering their families

CNN  

CNN Business — A new lawsuit targeting Amazon claims that a lack of Covid-19 protections at its Staten Island facility has not only put workers at risk, but also their families. The complaint, filed Wednesday by three Amazon workers at its JFK8 warehouse, alleges the company has erected a “a façade of compliance” to meet public health guidelines while simultaneously …

Amazon insists sharing data on coronavirus cases in its warehouses isn’t useful
4 years, 7 months ago

Amazon insists sharing data on coronavirus cases in its warehouses isn’t useful

CNN  

CNN — Amazon is famed for its data-driven approach to management and decision-making. But when it comes to the total number of coronavirus cases in its warehouses, Amazon’s view is, as one executive recently put it, that information isn’t “particularly useful.” For weeks, the company has frustrated workers and critics by declining to provide information about the total number of …

Amazon Workers Stage New Protests Over Warehouse Coronavirus Safety
4 years, 8 months ago

Amazon Workers Stage New Protests Over Warehouse Coronavirus Safety

NPR  

Amazon Workers Stage New Protests Over Warehouse Coronavirus Safety Enlarge this image toggle caption Bebeto Matthews/AP Bebeto Matthews/AP Amazon warehouse workers are staging a nationwide protest against the company, an action that could be the largest yet targeting Amazon's response to the coronavirus pandemic. Sponsor Message Tuesday's protest is the latest wave of action by Amazon warehouse workers, some of …

Bezos Hopes To Start Amazon Workers Coronavirus Testing 'Soon'
4 years, 8 months ago

Bezos Hopes To Start Amazon Workers Coronavirus Testing 'Soon'

NPR  

Bezos Hopes To Start Amazon Workers Coronavirus Testing 'Soon' Enlarge this image toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says "vastly more" COVID-19 testing is needed for the U.S. economy to reopen, while his company is building its own lab to potentially begin its own testing of all workers. "We have begun assembling the equipment …

Facing scrutiny over safety, Amazon fires two more employees
4 years, 8 months ago

Facing scrutiny over safety, Amazon fires two more employees

Al Jazeera  

The e-commerce giant was urged to improve working conditions after cases of COVID-19 were reported at some facilities. Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday that it terminated two employees, who criticised the working conditions at the e-commerce giant’s warehouses in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, for “repeatedly violating internal policies”. The Seattle-based firm has been facing public scrutiny over safety …

Amazon shopping during the coronavirus pandemic: How to be a more ethical consumer
4 years, 8 months ago

Amazon shopping during the coronavirus pandemic: How to be a more ethical consumer

CNN  

CNN Business — Households across the country are facing a stark moral dilemma on a weekly, if not daily, basis: go out during the pandemic to shop for groceries and supplies but risk your own health, or order those same items online and risk the health of the people who pack and deliver them to you. “To date, we’ve made …

Amazon says it’s taking coronavirus seriously. Workers say the company is endangering their health
4 years, 9 months ago

Amazon says it’s taking coronavirus seriously. Workers say the company is endangering their health

CNN  

CNN Business — Amid mounting criticism of its pandemic response, Amazon on Thursday said it is rapidly expanding temperature checks for its employees and that it has nearly completed its hiring spree of 100,000 additional workers at its distribution centers. The company previously told CNN Business that it is piloting the temperature checks in “in select sites in New York …

Amazon faces probe over firing of warehouse worker in New York
4 years, 9 months ago

Amazon faces probe over firing of warehouse worker in New York

Al Jazeera  

Over a dozen workers at the Amazon.com warehouse in New York walked off the job after reports of COVID-19 among staff. On Monday, 15 workers at the Amazon.com warehouse in Staten Island, New York, walked off the job following reports of COVID-19 cases among the facility’s staff. New York’s attorney general has also said that her office was “considering all …

Coronavirus | Amazon, Instacart workers protest over safety
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus | Amazon, Instacart workers protest over safety

The Hindu  

Amazon warehouse employees and Instacart delivery shoppers joined protests Monday to press safety demands, highlighting the risks for workers on the front lines of supplying Americans largely sheltering at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile a group calling itself the Gig Workers Collective said it was maintaining its call for Instacart’s independent contractors to strike despite new safety measures …

Amazon Workers Plan Walkout After Staten Island Warehouse Reports COVID-19 Case
4 years, 9 months ago

Amazon Workers Plan Walkout After Staten Island Warehouse Reports COVID-19 Case

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Dozens, if not hundreds, of Amazon employees at the e-commerce giant’s warehouse in New York City’s Staten Island plan to walk off the job on Monday — and have vowed to remain on strike until the company shuts down the facility and sanitizes it following the positive coronavirus diagnosis of at least one worker there last week. …

Amazon, Instacart Grocery Delivery Workers Demand Coronavirus Protection And Pay
4 years, 9 months ago

Amazon, Instacart Grocery Delivery Workers Demand Coronavirus Protection And Pay

NPR  

Amazon, Instacart Grocery Delivery Workers Demand Coronavirus Protection And Pay Enlarge this image toggle caption Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images Updated at 6:01 p.m. ET Some Amazon warehouse workers in Staten Island, N.Y., and Instacart's grocery delivery workers nationwide walked off their jobs on Monday. Instacart's grocery delivery gig workers are asking for disinfectant wipes and hand …

Fired Amazon Employee Says Workers Are 'Scared for Their Lives'
4 years, 9 months ago

Fired Amazon Employee Says Workers Are 'Scared for Their Lives'

Bloomberg  

AN ASSISTANT MANAGER AT THE STATEN ISLAND FACILITY, AS WELL AS OUR OWN JOSH DONALDSON WHO COVERS ISSUES FOR BURGLAR. CHRIS: WELL, THE COMPANY HAS BEEN BEEN FALSE WITH THE PUBLIC AND THE MEDIA SINCE DAY ONE. AT THE SAME TIME, I FEEL LIKE PEOPLE KNOW I AM DOING THE RIGHT THING. THEIR OWN PEOPLE INSIDE THE BUILDING, THEY ARE …

Amazon Workers Face High Risks and Few Options
55 years ago

Amazon Workers Face High Risks and Few Options

Wired  

Jana Jumpp has been working at an Amazon fulfillment center in Jeffersonville, Indiana, for over four years. “Amazon’s reaction to the coronavirus has left me shocked, scared, and disgusted,” Jumpp said on a call with reporters Wednesday. Jumpp says the company hasn’t provided enough supplies like hand sanitizer at her facility, and that its current leave policy won’t be enough …

Amazon Official Says Company Is Taking 'Every Precaution' After Workers Test Positive
4 years, 9 months ago

Amazon Official Says Company Is Taking 'Every Precaution' After Workers Test Positive

NPR  

Amazon Official Says Company Is Taking 'Every Precaution' After Workers Test Positive As Americans stock up on — and often clear out — grocery staples and other household items, Amazon is taking on a growing role during the coronavirus outbreak. At the same time, Amazon is trying to keep its nearly 800,000 employees worldwide — the bulk of whom work …

Amazon Closes Kentucky Warehouse After Workers Test Positive
4 years, 9 months ago

Amazon Closes Kentucky Warehouse After Workers Test Positive

NPR  

Amazon Closes Kentucky Warehouse After Workers Test Positive Enlarge this image toggle caption Bryan Woolston/Reuters Bryan Woolston/Reuters Amazon has closed a warehouse in Shepherdsville, Ky., until April 1, after several workers there tested positive for the coronavirus — the first prolonged closure of a facility confirmed by the company. The company has also highlighted its stepped-up "frequency and intensity of …

Amazon warehouses are getting hit with coronavirus cases
4 years, 9 months ago

Amazon warehouses are getting hit with coronavirus cases

CNN  

CNN Business — Amazon warehouses are facing a growing tide of coronavirus cases with at least 11facilities hit so far, according to Amazon and local media reports. One person who works in Amazon’s Staten Island, New York, fulfillment center tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the online retail giant told CNN Business late Tuesday. One worker at the Staten Island …

Coronavirus Outbreak: Amazon, Bill Gates join hands to deliver test kits as Covid-19 pandemic cases soar in the US
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak: Amazon, Bill Gates join hands to deliver test kits as Covid-19 pandemic cases soar in the US

Firstpost  

The coronavirus pandemic has hit the US hard with over 45,000 cases and over 500 deaths registered. Amazon is teaming up with a Bill Gates-funded research programme to pick up and deliver coronavirus test kits in Seattle amid the ongoing global pandemic. The e-commerce giant has said that a group of medical, public health and research organisations, collectively called The …

Amazon teams up with Bill Gates-backed group to deliver coronavirus test kits
4 years, 9 months ago

Amazon teams up with Bill Gates-backed group to deliver coronavirus test kits

Live Mint  

Amazon.com Inc is teaming up with a research program funded by Bill Gates to pick up and deliver coronavirus test kits in Seattle, the e-commerce giant said on Monday. The Seattle Coronavirus Assessment Network, a group of medical, public health and research organizations, is collecting nasal swabs from a sample of people across King County and Seattle to learn how …

Workers In 8 Amazon Warehouses Test Positive For Coronavirus
4 years, 9 months ago

Workers In 8 Amazon Warehouses Test Positive For Coronavirus

NPR  

Workers In 8 Amazon Warehouses Test Positive For Coronavirus Enlarge this image toggle caption Johannes Eiselle/AFP via Getty Images Johannes Eiselle/AFP via Getty Images Updated at 11:35 p.m. ET Workers in at least eight Amazon warehouses across the country have tested positive for the coronavirus, just as the e-commerce giant ramps up hiring to meet surging online sales. In recent …

Amazon warehouse workers fear catching coronavirus just to get you your packages
4 years, 9 months ago

Amazon warehouse workers fear catching coronavirus just to get you your packages

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Amazon has become a lifeline for many people desperate to buy household essentials without stepping out of their homes amid the coronavirus outbreak, but some Amazon warehouse workers are plagued by anxiety that their jobs could put their lives, or the lives of their families, at risk. While Amazon has taken a number of steps …

Amazon shutters NYC warehouse after worker catches coronavirus
4 years, 9 months ago

Amazon shutters NYC warehouse after worker catches coronavirus

Al Jazeera  

News raises speculation that Amazon may close additional warehouses should more cases of the virus arise among staff. Amazon on Thursday said it was closing a small New York City warehouse temporarily after one of its associates tested positive for the coronavirus, a move that highlights the operational risk it faces as the disease spreads. “We continue to serve customers …

‘An atmosphere of fear’: Amazon warehouse workers demand better conditions and shorter hours amid coronavirus
4 years, 9 months ago

‘An atmosphere of fear’: Amazon warehouse workers demand better conditions and shorter hours amid coronavirus

The Independent  

The 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 in Spain and Italy have tested …

Amazon To Hire 100,000 Workers To Meet 'Surge In Demand'
4 years, 9 months ago

Amazon To Hire 100,000 Workers To Meet 'Surge In Demand'

NPR  

Amazon To Hire 100,000 Workers To Meet 'Surge In Demand' Enlarge this image toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images Scott Olson/Getty Images Amazon says it plans to hire 100,000 new workers for warehouses and delivery service in the U.S. as more people turn to online shopping for supplies as they're isolated at home during the coronavirus outbreak. Those positions include both …

Amazon asks staff in Seattle work to from home after employee contracts coronavirus
4 years, 10 months ago

Amazon asks staff in Seattle work to from home after employee contracts coronavirus

CNN  

Atlanta CNN Business — Amazon, Facebook, Google and Microsoft are all encouraging employees in the Seattle area to work from home due to concerns about the novel coronavirus as the outbreak in Washington grows. “We are recommending that employees in Seattle Bellevue who are able to work from home do so through the end of the month,” an Amazon spokesperson …

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