(Natural News) The package was produced by Amazon spokesperson Todd Walker. Amazon is taking proactive action ahead of Wednesday’s annual shareholders meeting—at which investors plan on demanding the company address worker safety issues after at least eight warehouse employees have died of COVID-19—by pushing a package to local news outlets that promotes the corporation’s health and safety efforts. […]

(Natural News) Global e-commerce giant Amazon is once again under fire after sending out a media package containing a pre-edited news story and script for anchors to read on air. The package trumpeted Amazon’s efforts to allegedly keep its warehouse employees “safe” from the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) to several news stations in the United States. The media package, which […]

(Natural News) Amazon confirmed that two more of their warehouse workers who had tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) have died. George Leigh, who worked out of Amazon’s Beth Page, New York distribution center, died on April 9. He was followed by another worker from Indiana, who has yet to be named, who died on April 30. The […]

(Natural News) Internal documents obtained by Business Insider reveal that the Amazon-owned Whole Foods Market grocery chain is using high-tech artificial intelligence (AI) and other Orwellian tech tools to crack down on employee efforts to unionize. The company is reportedly utilizing an interactive heat map that allows it to monitor all 510 store locations across […]

(Natural News) As you might expect, online retail giant Amazon has been enjoying incredible sales these days as people are generally stuck at home around the world – around $11,000 a second of sales, to be more precise. Their share price has climbed by more than a third in under a month, and owner Jeff […]

(Natural News) A lawsuit has been filed against Amazon for its alleged price gouging practices during the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. In documents filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, plaintiffs accused the internet retail giant of “unlawful price increases during the COVID-19 pandemic.” Price increased violated California law The lawsuit, filed by […]

(Natural News) Cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) at Amazon warehouses are likely to “exponentially increase,” according to a new report by grassroots organizations, the Athena Coalition and the Hedge Clippers. The report, published Thursday, said that Amazon has failed to comply with the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) guidelines on how to clean facilities with coronavirus cases. Coronavirus […]

(Natural News) Tensions are now running high as several major grocery chains start to report their first coronavirus-related employee deaths while the pandemic continues to rage across the United States. Among the establishments that have confirmed coronavirus-related casualties are a Trader Joe’s in Scarsdale, New York; a Giant store in Largo, Maryland; and a Chicago-area […]

(Natural News) Just one day after The Sun (United Kingdom) reported that at least six Amazon warehouses had gotten infected with the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19), newer reports added another five, bringing the current infected Amazon warehouse total to 11. One of the first known cases occurred at an Amazon facility in Queens, NY, during the […]

(Natural News) Despite being on the receiving end of praise from CEO Jeff Bezos, who called them “heroes fighting for their communities,” employees working at the warehouses of online retailer Amazon say their workplace is a living hell, as they are forced to complete orders even in the middle of a lockdown. In an interview […]