Amazon workers walk out of Joliet warehouse during busy Prime Day operations

The walkout by some employees on the day shift was timed to disrupt the retailer's operations during its Prime Day promotion, which lasts Tuesday and Wednesday. It was part of a national pressure campaign, supported by pro-labor groups, that included job actions near Atlanta and a walkout planned Friday in San Bernardino, California.

Destiny Collins, a worker in Joliet, said Amazon has installed metal detectors but only for staff walking out, not walking in. "Even when we're being threatened, Amazon is only worried about us stealing a few dollars worth of merchandise, not our lives. To them the only thing that's disposable in the warehouse is us," she said in a statement provided by Warehouse Workers for Justice.

While Amazon has been scaling back its real estate expansion, it has said it will hire 3,500 seasonal employees in Illinois to prepare for holiday shipping.The Joliet center is Amazon's only cross-dock warehouse in Illinois, meaning that it takes products from vendors around the world. It sorts and ships them to regional fulfillment centers.

Posted earlier. Joliet is NOT a 'suburb' of Chicago.

Lol large warehouses and companies like this could care less. All their jobs were most likely posted on Indeed by the end of their shifts.

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