Amazon workers say Prime Day rush breaks virus safety vows


Employees pack goods ready for distribution at an Amazon.com Inc fulfilment center. While Amazon says worker safety is its top priority, US employees at several facilities in different states claim their well-being takes a back seat to quickly shipping customers’ orders. — Bloomberg

Amazon.com Inc has recklessly reinstated dangerous warehouse productivity quotas despite telling a judge that it was suspending them during the pandemic, workers said in a court filing.

“Amazon has not been honest and forthcoming,” employees at a warehouse in Staten Island, New York, told the judge handling their lawsuit, which claims the company’s “oppressive and dangerous” policies violated public-nuisance law and exacerbated Covid-19 hazards.

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