There is also the genuine possibility of a work stoppage just as Prime Day items are being delivered. Workers at Amazon’s Inland Empire air freight plant in San Bernardino, California, have announced a walkout that will begin on Friday. According to More Perfect Union, the corporation is also facing a strike in Buford, Georgia, and there have been walkouts at factories in Joliet, Illinois, and Stone Mountain, Georgia.
Employees in Illinois are seeking safeguards against violence, injury, and sexual harassment for a variety of reasons. Employees in California have been seeking “basic safety measures” after Amazon failed to react to a strike last summer, during which workers accused the corporation of failing to provide them with breaks or relief under extreme temperatures. High temperatures have actually been a source of concern in many areas — earlier this year, lawmakers requested information on Amazon’s severe weather policies, citing how the company handled heatwaves in 2017 and 2018, and the company has reportedly installed new air conditioning equipment at a facility where a worker died during the previous Prime Day event (the company blamed the incident on “a personal medical condition”).
