On Monday, workers at an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island walked off the job for a second time, just one week after holding an initial strike, citing continued coronavirus fears amid 26 cases of the virus at the warehouse.
The novel coronavirus has hiked demand for Amazon’s delivery service as hundreds of millions of Americans are forced into their homes. But the global pandemic has also prompted fear and frustration among many of the company’s warehouse workers, who have staged walkouts nationwide accusing the company of inadequate safety measures and insufficient paid leave as more than 50 facilities report infections.
The additional protections do not allay the fears of protesting workers, who have criticized the company’s continued operation of warehouses and instead called for the temporary closure of all facilities in the U.S. for deep cleaning as well as full pay paid leave during that period. In a statement, Amazon praised its employees for working under duress but rebutted claims that it has not taken sufficient action to address the coronavirus outbreak.
Organizers of the walkout on Monday cited text message updates sent by Amazon managers to employees as evidence to support the claim of 26 coronavirus cases among workers at the Staten Island facility. The letter is also signed by dozens of elected officials in New York, where Attorney General Letitia James is considering legal options to punish Amazon for the seemingly retaliatory firing of Smalls, Yahoo Finance’s Alexis Keenan reported. .
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