Walmart deploys temperature checks, masks and gloves to workers
As the coronavirus continues to shut down businesses across the U.S., to demand improved health and safety measures during the coronavirus outbreak.
Dozens of Amazon workers in the company's Staten Island, New York, distribution facility walked off the job Monday to protest a lack of safety protections for workers after an employee at the warehouse tested positive for the virus. Workers at the rally chanted "Shut it down!" and said that there were 10 cases of positive COVID-19 tests in the building.
Amazon workers around the country have been protesting what they say are insufficient protections against the virus for weeks. The world's largest e-commerce company has declined to say how many of its workers have tested positive for COVID-19 or how many of its locations have been closed for cleanings.
Thousands of Instacart workers held a nationwide strike on Monday as demand for grocery delivery services has skyrocketed. In a letter posted on Medium, workers and activist organization Gig Workers Collective said that Instacart "has a well-established history of exploiting" its employees and that the mistreatment has "stooped to an all-time low."
Amazon-owned Whole Foods workers across the country staged a "sick out" on Tuesday, organized by national worker group Whole Worker. While the strike was initially planned for May 1, it was moved up due to "urgent" health and safety needs for workers.
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