[Link] 'No One’s Life is Worth a Package': Amazon Workers Are Organizing for Cell Phone Access

Read: 20/12/2021 www.vice.com

The Amazon workers are also demanding that Amazon pay workers for shifts cancelled due to inclement weather. And during school closures, they want Amazon to excuse all absences caused by severe weather and to be paid 80 percent of their salary. 

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[Link] Amazon's retail CEO Dave Clark defends the company's response to the deadly Edwardsville tornado in internal memo: 'fast action saved lives'

Read: 19/12/2021 www.businessinsider.com

Amazon retail boss Dave Clark thanked employees in an internal memo on Wednesday, following his visit to the Edwardsville, IL, warehouse that was struck by a deadly tornado last week.

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