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Ken Green
CEO & Founder
UnionTrack<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

More holiday shoppers bought gifts online this holiday season, which means online retailers like Amazon were busier than ever.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the most comprehensive studies by Adobe Analytics<\/a> found a nearly 28-percent increase in online spending between the start of November 2020 and Cyber Monday at the end of that month. Amazon itself reported having its best year yet, recording a 60-percent increase in sales year-over-year for the same weekend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Amazon\u2019s front-line warehouse and delivery workers, this has been bittersweet news. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being busy meant there was work to do when so many others were struggling to find jobs. But it also meant working in increasingly chaotic environments that posed a threat to their health and safety \u2014 during a global health crisis at a company known for prioritizing productivity over worker well-being.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Amazon\u2019s embrace of questionable working conditions didn\u2019t seem to waver, even in the face of a worsening pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deteriorating Working Conditions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The working conditions at Amazon facilities are no secret. Employees, against company policy, have been telling their stories for years about the high-stress environment of quotas and surveillance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One Amazon employee<\/a> even described the company\u2019s working environment during the holiday season, its busiest time, as \u201cAmerica\u2019s sweatshop firing on all cylinders.\u201d And that was in 2018. Workers at Amazon during the pandemic say it\u2019s only getting worse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In October, a group of 10 Amazon workers told CNN\u2019s Sara Ashley O’Brien<\/a> that following basic COVID-19 precautions is difficult in areas of Amazon\u2019s facilities, and they expected it to be more difficult as the number of workers increases with the volume of packages over the holiday season. Social distancing often goes unheeded, and workplace cleaning gets overlooked in the rush to keep up with the fast pace inside the warehouses, O\u2019Brien reports. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the occasions employees do try to take precautions, they are reprimanded. One employee told O\u2019Brien she sometimes sacrifices speed to social distance or sanitize, only to receive a verbal warning for her drop in productivity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In November, former fulfillment center employee Monica Moody<\/a>, on a call with reporters coordinated by retail worker rights group United for Respect, said it was obvious from the beginning of the pandemic that Amazon would prioritize productivity over worker safety. \u201cThey didn’t make any adjustments in our rates to account for the extra time that we should be taking to protect ourselves from this virus,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also on the front lines are Amazon\u2019s delivery drivers, many of whom are contract workers. The contract companies operate under similarly stringent productivity standards as fulfillment center workers to keep costs down, Reuters\u2019 Chris Kirkham and Jeffrey Dastin<\/a> report. Again, health and safety get sacrificed for productivity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One driver told Kirkham and Dastin the van he was driving wasn\u2019t cleaned at any point during his 10-hour shift, that package bins handled by multiple people weren\u2019t cleaned and that he wasn\u2019t offered any personal protective equipment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As with fulfillment centers, drivers\u2019 jobs have only become more hectic, and therefore more dangerous, during the pandemic. Some drivers report their quotas have doubled during the pandemic, causing them to work longer days without enough rest to meet those numbers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAmazon is raising the quotas,\u201d says Adam Diaz<\/a>, director of organizing at the Warehouse Worker Resource Center. \u201cOff-peak season you had drivers delivering 120-150 packages a day. Now you\u2019re looking at drivers being asked to deliver more than 300 packages in the same amount of time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Amazon Abandoned Pandemic Pay for a One-Time Bonus and a Turkey<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Front-line Amazon workers who are putting their lives at risk to keep the business running and consumers happy should also be on the front lines of receiving hazard pay and other benefits for their sacrifices and commitments. Instead, they received a turkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To back up a bit, in March 2020, when the pandemic first hit, Amazon increased the pay of warehouse workers by $2 an hour as a reward for showing up to work. The company has labeled it pandemic pay. Others have called it hazard pay. At the end of the day, it was an incentive to show up to work at a time when it was scary to do so. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company ended the coronavirus pay at the end of May and has not since reinstated it. So, these same workers are still showing up to work and still facing the same hazardous conditions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAmazon workers have been forced to work long hours in precarious conditions at the front-line of the pandemic, with almost no increase in pay,\u201d David Adler and James Schneider<\/a> Progressive International say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAlmost everyone is very disappointed and angry,\u201d an Indiana warehouse worker told Isobel Asher Hamilton<\/a> at Business Insider. \u201cWe want the pay until the masks go away.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead of reinstating the pay increase, Amazon gifted workers with a voucher for a turkey and a cash bonus of $300 ($150 for part-time employees). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, the company is offering sign-on bonuses of up to $3,000 to new employees to make sure warehouses can keep up with demand this holiday season. \u201cIf one worker gets a turkey and another worker gets $3,000, it\u2019s the ultimate insult in compensation,\u201d says Fred Whittlesey<\/a>, a compensation expert and former Amazon employee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Workers and labor leaders are advocating for Amazon to right this wrong. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile a deadly virus is canceling holiday plans for extended and immediate families, most warehouse and retail workers and delivery drivers will continue working long hours through the end of the year to ensure Americans have food and gifts,\u201d writes James Hoffa<\/a>, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. \u201cIt\u2019s unacceptable that some of these workers will struggle to provide food and gifts for their own families.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s No Time for Time Off<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Another issue that Amazon workers are battling: time off from work, or a lack thereof, for pandemic-related reasons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paid sick leave was already in short supply at Amazon. Employees have told Business Insider<\/a> that workers taking more than their allotted 80 hours of unpaid time off per year could be fired on the spot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

An ongoing pandemic hasn\u2019t changed the company\u2019s stance on offering paid sick leave. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In early March, Amazon gave warehouse workers permission to take unpaid time off without the threat of being fired, a reversal in company policy. But in May it revoked that policy and instead started requiring employees to formally request leave if they felt unsafe, as well as prove they had an elevated risk for catching the virus, writes Brian Merchant<\/a>, senior editor at OneZero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even as working conditions deteriorated during a record-breaking holiday season, the company has failed to offer employees the option of taking time off to protect their health. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Company Continues to Fight Employee Unionization<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As employees demand better workplace protection, Amazon is unwavering in its determination to suppress employee voices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is alarming that Amazon has treated attempts to unionize with such hostility \u2013 as one of the most powerful companies in the world, it should know better,\u201d said Barbora \u010cernu\u0161\u00e1kov\u00e1<\/a>, a human rights researcher at Amnesty International.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it doesn\u2019t, and it\u2019s actions in the face of a global health crisis prove such. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAmazon believes that unions would hamper the innovation that has propelled its phenomenal growth,\u201d writes John Logan<\/a>, professor and director of labor and employment studies at San Francisco State University. \u201cWhen its employees have attempted to gain a voice at work, Amazon has engaged in sophisticated and aggressive anti-union campaigns.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Workers Aren\u2019t Giving Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For the 2020 holiday season, Amazon workers have taken actions to bring attention to the company\u2019s lack of worker protections and its union-busting tactics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In October, workers supported by the Congress of Essential Workers marched on CEO Jeff Bezos\u2019 house to protect working conditions during the pandemic. They also called for higher pay and better benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe richest man in the world made $88 billion in the course of the pandemic. It’s time to fight back,\u201d Chris Smalls<\/a>, former Amazon employee and founder of the Congress of Essential Workers, told CBS MoneyWatch in October 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amazon workers also staged global protests on Black Friday. Backed by the Make Amazon Pay Coalition<\/a>, the workers brought attention to working conditions at facilities and the company\u2019s putting profits ahead of workers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the demands sought by protesters included raising wages in warehouses, instituting hazard pay during the pandemic, reinstating all workers fired for speaking out against the company\u2019s safety practices, and giving unions access to worksites, Lauren Kaori Gurley<\/a> at Vice reports. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Bessemer, Alabama, workers filed for union recognition. The workers are aiming to form a 1,500-person bargaining unit represented by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union<\/a> (RWDSU). The NLRB hearing on the petition is scheduled for December 11. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What these actions by workers demonstrate is a growing unrest and intolerance for company policies that don\u2019t prioritize workers\u2019 interests. Those workers are turning to unions and labor allies for support as they join together and raise their voices. As unions continue to rally behind these workers, they can use a tool like UnionTrack ENGAGE<\/a> to engage their members in these actions as a show of solidarity for all workers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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