By Don Haney
FARGO, N.D. (KFGO News) – It’s been more than seven months since construction started on Amazon’s massive Fulfillment Center north of Hector International Airport in Fargo and a union leader says progress is moving ahead at a rapid pace.
The earliest completion date was set for August. Jason Ehlert, president of the North Dakota Building Trades Unions, says structural steel, pre-cast walls, and roofing are nearing completion and work is underway on pouring 1300 yards of concrete daily for the interior floor. Elhert says there are about 150 union construction workers on site now.
That does not include foremen and superintendents:
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Indications of rising COVID-19 cases at Baltimore-area Amazon fulfillment centers
In the past week, the
World Socialist Web Site International Amazon Workers Voice (IAWV) has received a number of reports from Amazon workers in the Baltimore area revealing a growing number of COVID-19 infections in their facilities.
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“They’re spreading like wild fire,” said Fred, a worker at the BWI5 Fulfillment Center (FC), referring to COVID-19 infections. The worker’s name has been changed to protect him from retaliation. Fred shared with the IAWV a generic Amazon text alert which said that the company was “recently notified that individuals who work at BWI5 have received a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis.”
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(Bloomberg) What’s buzzing on social media this morning: Amazon.com Inc. apologized for a tweet denying its workers are sometimes forced to urinate in bottles, a rare instance of contrition from the world’s largest e-commerce company. After enduring several days of criticism, the company issued a blog post saying Amazon had been referring specifically to its warehouse workers, not contract drivers who often struggle to find washrooms while on.