Two hundred Amazon workers will WALKOUT on Monday – and won’t return until NYC warehouse where seven workers fell sick with coronavirus is sanitized
- Amazon employees at the company’s facility in Staten Island, New York, plan to walk off the job on Monday afternoon
- The workers say the online giant are putting their health and safety at risk
- Seven workers have fallen sick with the coronavirus
- They allege the online retail giant has mishandled its response to the pandemic and want the entire facility to be disinfected and sanitized
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Amazon employees at a New York facility are planning to walkout on Monday amid concerns about safety as the coronavirus spreads.
As many as seven workers have tested positive for the coronavirus at the Staten Island, New York, facility.
‘The plan is to cease all operations until the building is closed and sanitized,’ Christian Smalls, an assistant manager leading the strike, told CNN.
‘We’re not asking for much. We’re asking the building to be closed and sanitized, and for us to be paid.’
Amazon employees at the company’s facility in Staten Island, New York, plan to walk off the job on Monday afternoon (file photo)
The workers allege the online retail giant has mishandled its response to the pandemic and want the entire facility to be disinfected and sanitized
‘We’re not returning to work until they close the building down,’ says said to USA Today.
Between 50 and 200 employees could be involved in the walk out although around 5,000 workers work at the warehouse over the course of a week.
‘They know at lunch time, when they clock out, do not return.’
Amazon has acknowledged that a worker at the Staten Island warehouse has diagnosed with the virus and is ‘supporting the individual who is recovering.’
The workers say the online giant are putting their health and safety at risk (file photo)
The company has said that those who were close to the worker have been asked to self-quarantine for two weeks and will still be paid.
The Amazon employees are not the first to threaten a strike as the coronavirus spreads.
Workers at Instacart have also said they will strike on Monday after asking for additional compensation and safety precautions.
There are more than 142,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the U.S.
They allege the online retail giant has mishandled its response to the pandemic and want the entire facility to be disinfected and sanitized (file photo)
