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.

 Sign the petition 

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.

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.

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. 

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.  

 Sign the petition 

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


More information:

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

 
 

 

 


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