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lawsuit claims the company's "oppressive and dangerous" policies
violated public-nuisance laws and exacerbated COVID-19 hazards,
according to the report.
The employees at a warehouse in Staten Island, New York claimed
that Amazon had not been honest and forthcoming with plaintiffs
or the court about not disciplining workers for falling short of
the company's quotas for the number of tasks they complete each
hour, Bloomberg reported.
Amazon says worker safety is its top priority, but employees at
several facilities in different states claim their well-being
takes a back seat to quickly shipping customers' orders,
Bloomberg reported.
"We have reinstated a portion of our process where a fraction of
employees, less than 5% on average, may receive coaching for
improvement as a result of extreme outliers in performance,"
Amazon spokeswoman Rachael Lighty said in a statement.
All of the company's measures continue to provide additional
time for workers to practice social distancing, wash their hands
and clean their work stations whenever needed, Lighty added.
German trade union Verdi had called on workers at seven Amazon
warehouses to go on two-day strike over better pay and
conditions on Tuesday to coincide with the global Prime Day
promotion event.
During the annual shopping event that spans several countries,
Amazon typically offers heavy discounts and free shipping for
its Prime members to boost sales.
(Reporting by Praveen Paramasivam in Bengaluru; Editing by
Shinjini Ganguli and Anil D'Silva)
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