Lights Out 19

1. the relief fund that trump passed does not apply to amazon, specifically the 14 days extra sick leave because theres a loophole that says any company with over 500 employees are exempt (this includes most major grocery stores). a lot of my coworkers are getting sick and cant come to work and also cant make rent (im in portland and the eviction moratorium is ridiculously exclusionary). i'm almost certain that people are coming in sick because they simply cant afford to stay home unpaid, and dont have access to a covid19 test.

2. last i was there it was business as usual, it was crowded, there was no way we could stay 6ft away from each other, and their excuse for firing the organizer of the walkout in staten island was that he violated this social distancing procedure. i was told by a regional manager to keep distance and practice social distancing, when i got to my station, we were just as crowded and crammed in as before. i brought this up with my area manager and she just said, and i quote "yeah, well, we can't do that."

4/3 UPDATE: The only extra precaution they've taken since I left was that now they are taking temperatures.

3. the 2 dollar raise is pitiful and doesn't protect us at all. we are literally risking our lives coming in to work. we only just now started checking people's temperature before they come into work. 2 weeks after quarantine started.

you can sign bernie sanders petition (it says to donate but if you leave it blank it'll still go through).