re: Hundreds Of Amazon Workers To Walk Out, Demanding Warehouse Closure After Coronavirus Case

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but they should both be able to do their jobs without taking unnecessary risks to their health.

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Think alt the about amount of leeway this phrasing provides. One could argue leaving your house right now is an unnecessary risk.

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They should keep this up. Amazon warehouses are already massively automated. Just a matter of time before most of those folks will be without a job after their role is taken over by a robot or automated process.

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This+100

All you lazy bastards bitching about having to go to work, are gonna be out of a job real soon, just keep it up, I've already seen it happen

When and if these workers walk out, Amazon managers shouldn't let them back in. Get a few tow trucks to haul away the cars of those former employees (the ones that walked off the job) whose cars are illegally parked on private property. Let's see how long it takes to get everyone else back in line.

It seems like some Chinese workplaces have a better handle on how to contain the virus. These factories sanitize the entrance and factory floors daily. They also temperature check everyone in to work and give them a new mask; have workers spaced out a minimum distance of 1.5 - 2 meters for social distancing; stagger work schedules so that people eat lunch at different times; workers can only take their mask off to eat and are encouraged not to talk at lunch and they can eat at their work station; and employees that live on site are not allowed to go off campus.

One thing they aren't doing is paying people that don't show up to work.

While everyone wears a mask, not everyone wears gloves.

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Yep, but it's in NY, so I'm not surprised.

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The answer to what is really going on.

People with jobs considered essential who are allowed to continue going to work and earn money in the midst of a crisis decide to strike in a place where millions of people within commuting distance are currently out of work?

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rather than the workers who are busting their arse for menial pay.

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I have a client who works at an Amazon warehouse here in TN. He just got a raise from about $15/hr to $19/hr BECAUSE OF covid and they are also giving everyone double time pay for all OT hours they put in during this pandemic. Not sure exactly what the hell you think, but Amazon workers are taken care of very well compared to others. Their benefits are top notch as well.

For the workers that want to stage a "walk-out" I'm sure there are plenty of people ready to take their places.

Will this impact customers who ordered dildos today?

Asking for a friend..

My whole foods was making people stand 6 feet apart in line and only letting in the amount of cashiers they had so like 6 people in the store. 1 person per cashier. We went somewhere else. Had to get my bacon fix.