General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAmazon worker dies on warehouse floor in Oregon. Workers were told to keep going as body stayed put
https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/healthcare/articles/just-dont-look-amazon-worker-170000180.html"A worker collapsed and died on the floor of an Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) warehouse in Troutdale, Oregon, on April 6 and for more than an hour, employees say they were told to keep loading trucks as the body lay nearby.
The incident at Amazon's PDX9 fulfillment center was first reported by The Western Edge (1), an independent investigative outlet covering the Pacific Northwest, and confirmed by Amazon to TechCrunch (2). The worker was 46 years old, according to public records. His name and cause of death have not been disclosed."
bluestarone
(22,320 posts)leftstreet
(41,069 posts)CentralMass
(16,993 posts)City Lights
(25,929 posts)The ones that are continuing to work around a corpse?
The billionaires scare me.
Coventina
(29,795 posts)Maru Kitteh
(31,878 posts)Doesnt mean you have to order people to keep working though!
Response to Maru Kitteh (Reply #3)
PeaceWave This message was self-deleted by its author.
obamanut2012
(29,431 posts)To pay bills, to support your family. Many single moms work there.
paleotn
(22,448 posts)Many of them probably knew the deceased. Perhaps well. Seems we're right back to The Jungle.
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(14,538 posts)Vinca
(54,149 posts)littlemissmartypants
(34,028 posts)maxsolomon
(38,919 posts)Most warehouses like that are going to have CPR-trained staff AND a defibrillator.
People die of other stuff besides heart attacks, though.
enigmania
(498 posts)Tasmanian Devil
(185 posts)Boycott Amazon! This article is old, but they've only gotten more evil since then:
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/02/mac-mcclelland-free-online-shipping-warehouses-labor/
MerryBlooms
(12,332 posts)We just no longer needed the service. Then, all the political garbage came flowing. I watch YouTube, but not a fancy member. Took weeks for the idiotic Melania movie to stop being advertised. My main go to; We Rate Dogs, Kimmel, Colbert, SNL... None of those are in Melania wheelhouse, but Bezos paid a massive amount of money for a short time to flood YouTube.
Prof. Toru Tanaka
(2,940 posts)It made me extra grateful I had a government job (now retired) with union representation.
Along with DU, Mother Jones is one of my favorite progressive sites.
I am glad the author got to go back to her regular job and life. But there are many others who are trapped in jobs like these with lousy pay, terrible working conditions and having to deal with a company policy and attitude that is downright dehumanizing.
Coventina
(29,795 posts)Fuck the billionaires!!!
dave99
(79 posts)GiqueCee
(4,470 posts)... in an Amazon warehouse that was treated so callously. I'm betting there have been more that just weren't publicized.
I hope that Bozo Bezos' demise is treated at least as badly.
paleotn
(22,448 posts)GiqueCee
(4,470 posts)... by everyone that had the misfortune to hear his name.
MerryBlooms
(12,332 posts)Kid Berwyn
(24,714 posts)As they are not afraid of losing their jobs ("Pedophile Protector!" ), members of an organized workforce can stop in respect of a dead brother or sister. And unions do a generally good job of making sure their members are not worked to death or in dangerous conditions.
Geez, Bezos.