Workers at six Amazon facilities in Southern California have tested positive in the last week for the virus that causes COVID-19. Four of those cases were confirmed and disclosed in the last 24 hours to workers at the facilities involved.
The newly affected facilities are fulfillment centers ONT2 in San Bernardino and LGB8 in Rialto, delivery center DLA8 in Hawthorne, and a smaller Amazon Prime Now warehouse in the Glassell Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. The Hawthorne and Glassell Park facilities both handle the final stage of deliveries to customers in Los Angeles, with the Hawthorne facility handling deliveries for much of L.A.'s west side.
The company said it had informed other employees at the affected sites about each case. At ONT2 in San Bernardino and LGB8 in Rialto, employees were informed via prerecorded voice messages from their managers. The company’s Eastvale warehouse in Riverside County, which was the first to report an employee testing positive for COVID-19, now has its third case as of Thursday, The Times confirmed.
Warehouse employees were notified about the most recent case on Wednesday, according to a worker who asked not to be named for fear of reprisal. Company communications The Times reviewed confirmed that while Amazon is not paying workers for the missed shifts, the company is allowing them to take time off without penalty if they feel uncomfortable coming into work.
Once companies like Amazon close down the country is really in trouble....
Considering much of the UK public have been buying masks and coronavirus testing kits off Amazon, this is looking gloomy AF.
the basic issue is the shortage of protective medical masks. Not enough even for healthcare staff, so do these workers. But 3M still insists on selling masks out of the country.
Unfortunately, people everywhere are testing positive. Take precautions when receiving packages people. Even with this virus the world does have to function. staysafe
Surprised Cali lawmakers haven’t addressed this issue for their constituents and the rest of the country!
Can it spread on the boxes....
Without penalty? Isn’t not being paid a penalty?
They don’t wanna close
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Why are they still working.
And JeffBezos doesn't care at all.
Well not ordering anything anymore lol
I’m beginning to think that Bezos is becoming part of the problem. If the top billionaires in our country got together, pooled a tiny percentage of their money and resources, we could have tests to everyone in the country overnight and overflowing PPE for our first responders.
I’m not ordering anything from amazon for two months.
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Amazon can afford to adequately protect their workers If people stopped using them they’d be force to We all have to stick together.
Eh, I twitted GovPritzker even JeffBezos that my Amazon facility has a confirmed coronavirusillinois case, nothing. So I didn't go to work today. No work no pay but extra $2/hr pay is not worth my life!!! CoronavirusPandemic
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Come on Bezos. Take care of your employees!!!! Amazon or Shut it down!
A warehouse fill of supplies and goods, but no masks on the worker's faces... 🤦♂️
Haha 'without penalty' rofl, Amazon will absolutely retaliate.
Well I’ll stop buying from Amazon
4 cases in the Houston area Amazon distribution centers. The word distribution has a gloomy connotation to it at this time.
Wake the FREAK UP People. “YOU are in a WAR and NOT with a VIRUS!” Propaganda
Report instead the incompetence of the states EDD system and how Gavin is doing nothing
Their dangerous drivers will kill more than coronavirus
We have 8 confirmed cases at my Houston fulfillment center alone as of last night. 😔
CloreenBacNSkin They wear gloves but not masks 🎭
They have to look at best practices from China or places that have had it and what are they doing in their workplaces. StopCorona
I swear, for the past two weeks, I've been spraying Clorox on all my deliveries, in fact, I do it by my door before binging it indoor. I can't trust no one at this point. CoronavirusPandemic
Don't order from amazon .. You'll get COVID19 from your packages . Ordering from them is a deathtrap, literally. JeffBezos does not care for his customers & his employees. He's drunk w/power like POTUS
chelybeee wild
Imagine
Hope you're proud of yourself JeffBezos. This is on you. Your staff begged for help.
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The largest US spread vector for covi19.
“ Pre-recorded messages from their managers” that’s messed up homes!
That’s why whenever I receive any order I let it sit for 3 days and then wipe the entire package and contents.
Maybe this pandemic will bring down Bezos’ fortune to a mere $10 billion with all the employees who are going to walk out because who wants to work in a literal death trap?
If amazon would spend some money on germicidal UV bulbs and create a protocol to run them maybe their deliveries won’t infect the entire country.
slpng_giants Unite and strike.
So they just shipping the rona all over huh
Left this part out of headline- Amazon said all employees diagnosed with COVID-19 or directed to quarantine will receive up to two weeks of pay to ensure they can self-isolate without worrying about lost income.
Is this the end of Amazon?
First day last week, I saw nothing but social distancing posters and info on the walls. I thought, “wow they take it seriously after all”.... first thing the manager says to all of us “if you practice social distancing... leave. This isn’t the place for you”
What does amazon mean by “ allowing to take time off “ what kind of reporting is that? Were their bills allowed to be hold this month ? AmazonStrike look at your headline below
Crazy , more test positive for child rapist! Sex offenders! Pandemic! recallnewsom both bisons sons & Trumps sons good cocaine buddy! If it walks like a duck! GavinNewsom voxukraine SecondLady
LGB8 I rialto has a case and they still want us to go to work ...
This is tiresome. Everyone needs to stay where t f they are. Must be a temp space next to temp hospitals for med personnel to do a rotate/isolate protocol ¬ go 2 fam. Many ppl- StayHome not one day. Patient temporarily recovers-need 2b quarantine 2months. Want 2 live? Stay
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Ima telling ya folks this isn’t good with contamination rampant upon cardboard boxes! How long Covid-19 lives on surfaces, makes this an excellent transportation network for unwittingly spreading disease! Bezos better smarten up! Ppl spray 📦 or leave on front porch 4-5 days?
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Bezos needs to pay these employees. Stop lauding him for donating to charity when he treats his own workers like shit. He can afford this easily. He doesn’t pay taxes.
JB sent workers home 3-5 bc of CV bldg employee failed to test them; to instruct to StayHome Since March theyve had daily contact w restaurant workers (No gloves No distance No testing Visibly sick )&Both these groups W food delivery. TotalLockdown please. TotalLockdown.
Thus ending my Amazon delivery orders indefinitely. amazon protect your workers, dickheads. What’s the point of staying at home if you’re just going to deliver the virus to my door? Like WTF?
That’s a law suit imagine the items being processed ....
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slpng_giants i for one am
It's time for JeffBezos to do some prison time if any of his employees dies from this virus.
SHUT THAT SHIT DOWN!!!
How many employees at the LA times have tested positive?
So why havent they shut those places down?
I work everyday handling packages yet they get to the delivery trucks. Who really handles your packages? xD me! We dont get acknowledged or rewarded. We get ignored
What about ups xD
What are you doing about this, JeffBezos? Your workers are getting sick with COVID-19.
Grocery stores are exposing even more people everyday!
Hello you unconscionable pos JeffBezos Karma is coming for you, and that right soon
What now JeffBezos? AmazonStrike AmazonCoronavirus Amazon COVID19 COVID2019 coronavirus
And the infected employees have touched thousands of products that shipped out... Amazon should be shut down! Just like all retailers are now!! realDonaldTrump VP HouseGOP SenateGOP CDCgov Corinnavirus CoronaLockdown COVID19
Amazon will take over the world
Sanitize everything your receive in the mail and wash your hands. This is something that's out of control don't expect it to go away until they START TESTING EVERYONE WORKING.
How many...
We had 1 person at the Amazon facility in Kenosha Wi too
Are they wear ing masks?
I stopped buying fast food. I see every store fulled though which amazes me. The risk that they take isn’t worth it.
Los Angeles Times, please look into the Amazon MDW6 location outside of Chicago. A positive COVID-19 case has been confirmed. Employees have to get their temperature checked when they come into work. No news outlets are reporting this. Amazon is covering up this inevitable doom.
The Lake Nona, FL warehouse has 2 confirmed cases as well.
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Johnny Cash said it best...'Come meet my Friend...A Boy named SUE! SUE! SUE! SUE! AMAZON! AMAZON! AMAZON! AMAZON!
Go figure.. next it’ll be starbucks
Maybe I’ll stop ordering through amazon till this clears up
Sanitize your groceries, packages, items and mail with soap and water/bleach water, etc. anything you bring inside your home. Don’t forget your shoes❤️
PAY PEOPLE FOR SICK LEAVE
Please leave your boxes outside or in your garage for a few day’s before you open them. What about other warehouses like Sams club or Walmart? Is there any info on those distribution centers?
CLOSE! DOWN! DELIVERY SERVICES!!
Whelp...there goes bezos...chose $ over 👨👩👧👧👨👧👧👩👦👨👦👨🔧👩🔧 and this will devastate amazon. Will he finally listen and having the most 1 and 0s in humanity doesnt matter. Without workers...you have nothing. 🤔 take care of your employees and appreciate them. Happy workers make more $$$
Hmm is amazon gonna try to cover this one up to?
Shame on those greedy companies and putting those employees life in risk. Shame on amazon and I don’t know how Jeff Bezos is reacting for this. Shame on him
JeffBezos is Ebenezer Scrooge.
I guess we can’t order from Amazon anymore because they haven’t safeguarded their products from being contaminated by coronavirus. And now they are possibly shipping that virus out and into the homes of social distancing Americans. 😐boycottamazon
It's more on the Government. If they want too they can stop this nonsense but yet in Texas retails are open so does liquor gas station and other areas. But let's stay home and safe. How they are going to stay home if you giving ppl reason to go out
ups don't deliver any amazon products. Teamsters should stand in solidarity with workers.
To be expected. California is dirty ass state. Pretty shitty too. Literally
Robots are sounding really good for warehouses right now.
Paywall
Good thing COVIDー19 doesn't spread like wildfire.
Masks4All to prevent future more infection please!
And what is not obscene about billionaires again?
Ive stopped buying from Amazon, cancelled my prime subscription. Bezos is a Bozo
Should get rid of your paywall for articles like these. Other companies are doing it. Shame on you for not.
Amazon needs to quit treating people as disposable assets. They make everyone a temporary employee and the minute you get sick or have a problem then you're out the door. It's revolting.
emptywheel When will emptywheel 'test positive'? Might we get an article in NYT, then?
And Bezo sits pretty in his house.
emptywheel If you're getting any packages from Amazon nowadays, you need to treat it as potentially contaminated, including the items inside the box. Wipe it down, let it sit for 3 days or more before opening, then wipe off any non-porous surfaces inside once you open it.
emptywheel Yeah, but they have job openings! No thanks.
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And? Any companies still open with more than a few employees, are going to have ill employees.
How is it known the virus was contracted inside the facility? Each person could have been exposed anywhere, including from a stranger or family member. Many assumptions.
Well, let’s look at the bright, at least they’re getting tested, rather than those working in the hospitals and first responders.
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HomeDepot takes care of their employees 10x better than this guy JeffBezos u suck
They don't want to tell us yet (but they are hinting at it) - it's airborne.
jeff bezos is perversely rich and lacks all integrity. he needs to be publicly shamed til he does the right gd thing. he has a huge ego- note his new body& new BH property & new gf (how v hollywood, jeff, u coy boy). so he’ll respond to public shaming. shameBezos
How many people will die enriching Jeff Bezos?
So . . how to get the coronavirus off your Amazon packaging/cardboard boxes, etc?
Life get's tedious don 't it?
MichaelMcGough3 How many? 4 of my non/public facing coworkers are infected as well.
touchandtank this is what I was referring to
BoycottAmazon
So what...keep them open and send the sick people home.
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