Amazon is forcing its warehouse employees to risk their lives to make sure
Cyber Monday orders are delivered in two days.

Act now to support and protect the workers who make your pandemic life
easier.

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John, 

As Covid-19 rips through our country leaving hundreds of thousands dead,
Jeff Bezos is refusing to protect his Amazon employees from the deadly
pandemic.

Right now, warehouse workers are under intense pressure to package and
ship an avalanche of new Cyber Monday orders.

And if they take a break to simply wash their hands before moving on to
the next task, they could be fired for spending too much “time off task”
and not meeting impossible production requirements. 

No worker should have to sacrifice basic safety measures in this pandemic
out of fear of losing their job. And with your help over the next few
months, we will go directly to the warehouses to expose Amazon's dangerous
practices and pressure bosses to ditch this policy.

[ [link removed] ]Add your name to demand that Amazon end its “time off task” policy and
production requirements.

Amazon knows that their policies are especially dangerous during a
pandemic. After months of walkouts and demonstrations by warehouse
employees, and public outrage from SumOfUs members like you, the company
agreed to stop enforcing the “time off task” policy and production
quotas. 

But they were quietly reinstated back in October ahead of Prime Day and
the holiday rush. If we put the spotlight on this inhumane policy during
Amazon’s busiest week of the year, we can force the company to ditch it
for good.

[ [link removed] ]Demand that Amazon value the lives of its workers more than the promise
of two-day shipping.

While Jeff Bezos and the other Amazon execs work from home and make
billions of dollars off of online gift orders, thousands of their
warehouse workers -- most of whom are people of color -- are getting sick
due to Amazon’s failure to protect its employees. 

Amazon has reported that almost 20,000 of its employees have already
tested COVID positive, and that was before the recent surge of new cases
nationwide. If the company does not immediately end its inhumane and
life-threatening production requirements, then that number could skyrocket
this holiday season. 

[ [link removed] ]Act now to tell Amazon executives that no one should ever have to
decide between protecting their job or protecting their health.   

Together, we can send a strong message to Amazon that we care more about
human life than fast shipping.  



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Thanks for all that you do,
Lacey and the team at SumOfUs


More information:

[ [link removed] ]Amazon workers say Prime Day rush breaks pandemic safety vows, Los
Angeles Times, October 14, 2020
[ [link removed] ]Rights Groups Demand Lawmakers Stop Amazon's Workplace Surveillance,
Vice, October 14, 2020

 

 

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