Amazon Is Offering To Keep 125,000 Workers It Hired For The Pandemic Amazon has hired 175,000 temporary workers to deal with spike in online shopping during the pandemic. Now it's offering most of them permanent jobs. Avie Schneider
What lead to Amazon's biggest coronavirus outbreak Many workplaces are only as good as their managers. But the stakes skyrocket when your employer is Amazon, and the question is enforcement of social distancing rules in a crowded warehouse during a pandemic. Sarah Leibovitz
His New Amazon Warehouse Job Got Him Something He Really Wanted From His Previous Job The hourly pay at Amazon is much lower than what Theodore Johnson earned as a massage therapist, but the new job comes with a key benefit he didn't have before. Danielle Kurtzleben
Even Washington state isn't getting essential supplies it ordered from Amazon The pandemic is complicating Amazon’s business even as governments turn to the company for essential medical supplies. Washington state is finding that Amazon hasn’t come through on some important orders. Carolyn Adolph
'Hometown Heroes Or Whatever': Low-Wage Workers Want More Than Praise In this lockdown, low-wage workers have been publicly declared "essential" — up there with doctors and nurses. But the workers say their pay, benefits and protections don't reflect it. Shannon Bond
Amazon Warehouse Safety 'Inadequate,' N.Y. Attorney General's Office Says Amazon may have violated federal health and safety standards as well as New York's whistleblower law, the New York attorney general's office wrote to Amazon in a letter obtained by NPR. Alina Selyukh
Amazon To Change Time-Off Policy During Pandemic, Extend Pay Bump Unlimited unpaid time off will end next week. Instead, warehouse workers can take regular accrued time off or a leave of absence. The company's pay bumps will apply through mid-May. Alina Selyukh
Amazon Workers Stage New Protests Over Warehouse Coronavirus Safety Organizers say more than 350 workers pledged to call off work, criticizing Amazon's measures to protect them during the coronavirus pandemic. Amazon says it has taken steps to keep workers safe. Alina Selyukh
Seller anxiety rises as Amazon restrictions continue Amazon has been restricting goods coming into its warehouses for a month. That’s squeezing businesses who had orders from the company. Carolyn Adolph
Bezos Hopes To Start Amazon Workers Coronavirus Testing 'Soon' The CEO says "vastly more" COVID-19 testing is needed. The company is building its own lab to start testing some workers, potentially looking to start regular checks for all employees. Alina Selyukh
