Workers at Amazon, Target and other companies walked off the job on Friday to demand safer working conditions during the pandemic. 'This company failed us. It failed the workers. It failed me,' said one former Amazon warehouse worker.
Kerri Blair, a mother of five in Akron, Ohio, usually picks up extra income delivering orders for Shipt. She stayed home on Friday.
Lockdowns in many cities and states have kept millions of people at home, leading to surging demand for online shopping and delivery. Amazon, Instacart and Shipt are all on hiring sprees to keep up with the pace of new orders. "In recognition of the significant contributions of our front-line team members amid the coronavirus, we've made an investment of more than $300 million, including $2 an hour higher hourly wages, which we've extended until May 30," Target said in a statement, adding that it had established"dozens of new measures" aimed to keep both workers and shoppers safe during the pandemic.
An Amazon spokesman said:"Health and safety is our top priority and we expect to spend more than $800 million in the first half of the year on COVID-19 safety measures."
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