Amazon workers are not only protecting their health and that of their families, but the health of all our communities too.
— Teamsters JC 16 (@TeamstersJC16) June 5, 2020
We must ensure @amazon complies with CDC guidance and changes their leave policies. https://t.co/aGiP1KUvN4
This is a good test of claims that businesses are threatened by Covid liability lawsuits. I will be surprised if the plaintiff wins by showing she got the virus at Amazon and her cousin got it from her, but won't be surprised if Amazon nevertheless improves worker safety measures https://t.co/Pu5VFmfIG3
— Will Wilkinson ? (@willwilkinson) June 4, 2020
Scoop: New York warehouse employees - including one who says she contracted coronavirus at work and then exposed her cousin who died - sue Amazon: https://t.co/Q0oRhn9mDy “Amazon’s failures have already caused injury and death to workers and family members," suit claims
— Josh Eidelson (@josheidelson) June 3, 2020
"We are saddened by the tragic impact COVID-19 has had on communities across the globe, including on some Amazon team members and their family and friends," Amazon says. "From early March to May 1, we offered our employees unlimited time away from work..." https://t.co/Q0oRhn9mDy https://t.co/15DT5VvmCm
— Josh Eidelson (@josheidelson) June 4, 2020
There will be many such lawsuits (unless Rs get their liability protection legislation through). Will be interesting to track this one. https://t.co/NtsjJycncy
— Shawn McDonald (@shawnpmcd) June 4, 2020
Plaintiffs say Amazon
— Josh Eidelson (@josheidelson) June 3, 2020
- Provides workers misinformation
- Sets “oppressive and dangerous” quotas & discipline
- Tells workers to avoid informing others if they get infected
- Has said its contact tracing consists only of reviewing surveillance footagehttps://t.co/Q0oRhn9mDy https://t.co/15DT5VvmCm
Who wants a liability shield?https://t.co/mLnOuuHcea
— Aaron Sojourner (@aaronsojourner) June 3, 2020
"Some workers have asked [Amazon's in-house clinic] Amcare about COVID-19 and possible exposure at the
— Josh Eidelson (@josheidelson) June 3, 2020
facility, and Amcare has told them not to worry." https://t.co/Q0oRhn9mDy https://t.co/15DT5VvmCm
Amazon workers are not only protecting their health and that of their families, but the health of all our communities too.
— Teamsters JC 16 (@TeamstersJC16) June 5, 2020
We must ensure @amazon complies with CDC guidance and changes their leave policies. https://t.co/aGiP1KUvN4
Amazon workers and their families are asking for @amazon to comply with CDC guidelines, state public health orders, and the guidance of health care professionals!
— Make the Road NY ? (@MaketheRoadNY) June 3, 2020
An almost trillionaire should be able to comply.#ProtectAmazonWorkershttps://t.co/ORAkwIJM12
#BREAKING: Warehouse workers and their families filed a lawsuit against @Amazon. They’re demanding Amazon to comply with @CDCgov guidance and for better leave policies to protect workers’ and their community’s health. #ProtectAmazonWorkers #1u https://t.co/8qYORm65yu
— UFCW (@UFCW) June 4, 2020
A group of Amazon warehouse employees sued claiming working conditions put not only them at risk of contracting the coronavirus but also their family https://t.co/v6h3olugUG via @technology
— LaborStartUSA (@LaborStartUSA) June 6, 2020
BREAKING: Staten Island JFK8 Amazon warehouse workers and their family members file lawsuit against @amazon demanding changes to facility conditions and leave policies after more than 50 workers fall ill.#ProtectAmazonWorkershttps://t.co/ORAkwIsb9u
— Make the Road NY ? (@MaketheRoadNY) June 3, 2020
Amazon Workers Sue Over Virus Brought Home from Warehousehttps://t.co/Afn1H7KA2A
— Chesa Boudin 博徹思 (@chesaboudin) June 3, 2020
BREAKING: We're representing Staten Island JFK8 Amazon warehouse workers and their family members in a suit against @amazon, demanding changes to facility conditions and leave policies after dozens of workers fall ill: https://t.co/toLoYqSFPM #ProtectAmazonWorkers
— Public Justice (@Public_Justice) June 3, 2020
Yet another example of how monopolies deprioritize worker safety: A new lawsuit by @Public_Justice @TowardsJustice and @MaketheRoadNY claims Amazon has merely “sought to create a facade of compliance” with public health guidance during the pandemic. https://t.co/2x6QDUF4Rh
— Open Markets (@openmarkets) June 4, 2020
Amazon is sued over warehouses after New York worker brings #coronavirus home, cousin dies - Reutershttps://t.co/etZIzt37tb Inc has been sued for allegedly fostering the spread of the coronavirus by mandating unsafe working conditions
— 28 Days Later (@VGKnightinArmor) June 4, 2020
https://t.co/EBvGZSJZ66
Amazon has been sued for allegedly fostering the spread of the coronavirus by mandating unsafe working conditions, causing at least one employee to contract COVID-19, bring it home, and see her cousin die https://t.co/7Z5OmARO6i $AMZN
— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) June 4, 2020
AMC's demise matters, then, because it constitutes the bulk of American screens.
— Cory Doctorow #BLM (@doctorow) June 4, 2020
The company's leading suitor is another monopolist, Amazon, flush with cash thanks to pandemic profiteering and shaving costs by endangering its employees' lives:https://t.co/bP8nCKD11F
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“Culture of workplace fear” leads to COVID-19 spread at Amazon, suit says https://t.co/4BSTmKGENv pic.twitter.com/FA2HB9XfXC
— Matthew Sheffield (@mattsheffield) June 4, 2020
Amazon is sued over warehouses after New York worker brings #coronavirus home, cousin dies - Reutershttps://t.co/etZIzt37tb Inc has been sued for allegedly fostering the spread of the coronavirus by mandating unsafe working conditions
— 28 Days Later (@VGKnightinArmor) June 4, 2020
https://t.co/EBvGZSJZ66
Amazon has been sued for allegedly fostering the spread of the coronavirus by mandating unsafe working conditions, causing at least one employee to contract COVID-19, bring it home, and see her cousin die https://t.co/7Z5OmARO6i $AMZN
— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) June 4, 2020
Amazon sued by NYC workers seeking coronavirus protection, not money https://t.co/eD6g5JHI0D
— dr. baz dreisinger (@bazdreisinger) June 4, 2020
Amazon sued by NYC workers seeking coronavirus protection, not money (by @cfarivar)https://t.co/YqaRdOpCS6
— Cyrus Farivar (@cfarivar) June 3, 2020