Amazon Employees Say Company Should Do More to Protect Them

Hourly workers say they’re risking their health to fulfill orders

After Amazon confirmed an employee at a fulfillment center in New York City is the first hourly employee to test positive for coronavirus, warehouse workers say the ecommerce giant is not doing enough to protect them as they risk their health to fulfill online orders.

In an interview earlier this week with Adweek, Monica Moody, who works as a packer at an Amazon warehouse in Concord, N.C., said Amazon can and should do more, such as establishing paid sick leave and making a recent $2 per hour raise permanent.

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