John Oliver (iamjohnoliver) went after Amazon for a segment on HBO's LastWeekTonight: 'If we are depending on those workers for our survival and to a certain extent, our comfort, we owe them a lot in return'
"If we are depending on those workers for our survival and to a certain extent, our comfort, we owe them a lot in return," the HBO host says.where he discussed the coronavirus pandemic and the essential workforce.
Starting with an Amazon ad in which the company thanks its employee "heroes," Oliver skewered the company for its lack of care regarding both safety measures and benefits for those who contract the virus. "If we are depending on those workers for our survival and to a certain extent, our comfort, we owe them a lot in return," Oliver said, pivoting then to paid sick leave, which Congress recently mandated temporarily for smaller companies.
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