Baltimore Amazon worker describes “week of hell” during Prime Week 2021
On June 21 and 22, Amazon held its annual “Prime Week,” a 48-hour online shopping extravaganza in which numerous one-time deals are offered to encourage massive turnout among the commercial giant’s Prime subscribers.
In this Thursday April 16, 2020 file photo, The Amazon logo is seen in Douai, northern France. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler, File)
In recent years, the event has been promoted as a quasi-“holiday” in which the public receives unbelievable offers from the supposedly magnanimous corporation while company shareholders get to enjoy their rising stock portfolios.
Due to the pandemic, last year’s Prime Week was delayed until October. As the
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Due the information blackout on the strike by the UAW and the media, many workers had previously not been aware of it, but they quickly expressed their support for a unified struggle upon learning about the issues involved.
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Amazon worker dies at Alabama warehouse, one month after retail union’s failed organizing drive
On Thursday, a worker at Amazon’s BHM1 fulfillment center (FC) in Bessemer, Alabama collapsed while on the job. According to press reports, the worker was taken to the hospital where he later died.
Amazon, which employees nearly 6,000 workers at the Bessemer site, later told news reporters that the worker, whose name was not given, had suffered a “medical incident” and that the employee had not reported suffering from any preexisting health conditions. The company told
Business Insider that it would offer grief counseling to all workers at the facility.