Some employees claim that the company has refused to give workers time off during severe weather, and that it failed to warn them as the weekend's tornado approached.
The managers at the company refused to grant time off to workers so they could stay home during bad weather, according to a new report. The company did not tell employees to stay home after the warnings.
Text messages that were allegedly sent from an Amazon worker who was killed in the warehouse collapse suggested that the company wouldn't let employees leave the facility during the storm.
Horrifying details are emerging about the tornado disaster at Amazon's warehouse in Illinois, where at least 6 workers were killed on the job.
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Larry Virden told his girlfriend that Amazon wouldn't let them leave. He leaves behind four children.
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It was absolutely heartbreaking.
According to posts on the company's internal message boards, many Amazon facilities haven't had tornado or fire drills in years. Many employees were unsure of what to do if there was an emergency.
According to the site, the corporate office failed to alert employees of the tornado.
An employee told the outlet that nobody knew what was happening. The media found out that the building was hit by a tornado when people joined in on the tickets to fix the issues.
The situation was heartbreaking and they had almost no warning.
If true, this is more proof that Amazon values productivity above all else, from exploitative labor practices and refusal to do the bare minimum to keep its workers safe, not that Bezos cares that much.
Amazon workers say they don't receive emergency training after a deadly warehouse collapse.
Scientists say that tornadoes like Kentucky's May be getting stronger due to climate change.
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