Amazon has seen a spike in demand for health and personal care products amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Pressure is building on Amazon and other delivery companies to enhance protections for workers worried about getting infected with coronavirus.
Some United States workers at Amazon and US food shipment company Instacart are threatening strikes, and have actually implicated the firms of not providing proper securities.
United States senators have also written to Amazon boss Jeff Bezos to express issues.
The companies have actually said they are taking extra preventative measures, amidst thriving need for delivery services due to the infection.
” We are going to excellent lengths to keep the structures exceptionally clean and assist employees practice important precautions such as social distancing and other steps”, an Amazon representative stated in a statement.
” Those who do not wish to work are welcome to use paid and overdue time off options and we support them in doing so”.
Amazon stated it had adjusted its practices, consisting of increasing cleansing of its centers and presenting staggered shift and break times.
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Amazon wants to work with 100,000 more warehouse employees in the United States.
Mr Bezos previously this month resolved the worries in an open letter to staff, thanking them fo