In this June 6, 2019, file photo Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos speaks at the the Amazon re:MARS convention in Las Vegas.Some Amazon workers are asking supporters to help them shut down the company's warehouses on Halloween.Fellow retailers like Walmart, Starbucks, and Best Buy have already provided workers with paid time off to vote.Amazon warehouses are asking for help as they push the company to provide paid time off to vote.
, a climate change advocacy group founded by Amazon workers, is asking "anyone who wants to support Amazon workers" to help them shut down warehouses on Halloween, pressuring the company to provide a day off to vote. asking supporters to park in front of the exits of the nearest Amazon warehouse. The move would block trucks from entering or exiting the site, stalling deliveries and shipments. The group is asking supporters to block the warehouse for at least 15 minutes at 11 a.m.
. The group said most Amazon warehouse workers cannot afford to take a day off, since many have already used their time off handle coronavirus-related problems. "As we approach an electoral crisis, Amazon can abolish this modern-day poll tax," the group stated. "It can and must allow all of its workers the ability to vote."Leaked emails show a high-profile engineer left Amazon after filing sexual harassment claims to HR in 2018. Now she's speaking out about what she calls a 'toxic' work culture for women.
An Amazon spokesperson said in an email that the company has provided workers with information on how to request time off to vote if needed. "In all states with in person voting, employees that lack adequate time before or after their scheduled workday to vote, have the option to take time off to vote," the spokesperson added.
No they aren’t. Amazon workers are happy working and making a living. Stop lying for clicks.
Why do you need a day off to vote? You go vote and then go to work or leave work early to go vote... FFS people these days are pathetic
I don't see why Amazon just doesn't fire these people.
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