Further aw 380-signature petition was created in December by Amazon workers movement group Amazonian United which was circulated across six warehouses. Whereas the group’s statement says that, “The phone ban is not about our security – it’s about their control”.
Amazon has reversed their own ban by allowing warehouse workers to carry their cell phones with them while they work, after a months of criticism aimed at the company this decision has been taken. According to a media report, “We recognize the desire for employees to keep their mobile phones with them inside facilities, and the last two years have demonstrated that we can safely do so. Therefore, we are making the temporary phone policy permanent worldwide, in all of our Operations facilities” says Amazon. In Illinois an Amazon warehouse was collapsed after being hit by a tornado in December 2021, where at least six people were died which triggered fears among Amazon workers that mobile phones were once again banned in warehouses. But the workers said the decision was unfair because it create difficulties in communicating with family members also it cuts them off from important safety and weather warnings. Meanwhile during the pandemic, the company put on hold from ban on using mobile phones for warehouse employees, but in January 2022 Amazon has expressed its intention to reinstate it.
Meanwhile during the pandemic, the company put on hold from ban on using mobile phones for warehouse employees, but in January 2022 Amazon has expressed its intention to reinstate it.
Further aw 380-signature petition was created in December by Amazon workers movement group Amazonian United which was circulated across six warehouses. Whereas the group’s statement says that, “The phone ban is not about our security – it’s about their control”. For a long period of time Amazon employees have campaigned for better working conditions, pay, job security and employee rights, including cell phone access also, with significant agitation within the past few months. Warehouse workers in Staten Island, New York made a new history by forming the first Amazon union within a company that has historically been anti-union. Workers rallied to unionize in early April, with a second Staten Island warehouse set to vote on whether or not to unionize this week.
Workers rallied to unionize in early April, with a second Staten Island warehouse set to vote on whether or not to unionize this week.
