According to internal records from 2019, more than 60 percent of associates at JFK8 are Black or Latino.Īnd Black associates at the warehouse were almost 50 percent more likely to be fired - whether for productivity, misconduct or absenteeism - than their white peers, the records show. The retail giant is largely powered by employees of color. There is rising concern over racial inequity. That afternoon, she was stunned to find that she was being fired for having too much “time off task,” or T.O.T.Ĥ. Her bus was late, then her department was reassigned, causing her to scour the warehouse for a new workstation. Employees who work too slowly, or are idle for too long, risk being fired.ĭayana Santos was a top performer when she had one bad day in 2019. Amazon’s strict monitoring of workers has stoked a culture of fear.Īmazon tracks workers’ every movement inside its warehouses. Nantel, the spokeswoman, said the company had quickly approved personal leaves during the pandemic, hiring 500 people to help process the increased volume, and worked hard to contact employees before they were fired to see if they wanted to keep their jobs. “I saw those situations every day,” he said. Gag Rules: The National Labor Relations Board has ruled that it is generally illegal for companies to offer severance agreements that require confidentiality and nondisparagement.
Mining Strike: Hundreds of coal miners in Alabama have been told by their union that they can start returning to work before a contract deal has been reached, bringing an end to one of the longest mining strikes in U.S.Whitney Museum: After more than a year of bargaining, the cultural institution and its employees are moving forward with a deal that will significantly raise pay and improve job security.A New Inquiry?: A committee led by Senator Bernie Sanders will hold a vote to open an investigation into federal labor law violations by major corporations and subpoena Howard Schultz, the chief executive of Starbucks, as the first witness.At that rate, Amazon had to replace the equivalent of its entire work force roughly every eight months. Louis - offering a wage of at least $15 an hour and good benefits.īut even before the pandemic, previously unreported data shows, Amazon was losing about 3 percent of its hourly associates each week - meaning its turnover was roughly 150 percent a year. In just three months, it signed up 350,000 workers - more than the population of St. Amazon has been churning through employees.Īmazon conducted a hiring surge in 2020 that was unparalleled in American corporate history. The company famously obsessed with satisfying customers achieved record growth and spectacular profits, but its management of hundreds of thousands of warehouse workers was marked at times by critical mistakes, communication lapses and high turnover. An employee is fired for having a single underproductive day.Īn examination by The New York Times into how the pandemic unfolded inside Amazon’s only fulfillment center in New York City, known as JFK8, found that the crisis exposed the power and peril of Amazon’s employment system. A wife panics as disability benefits halt for her gravely ill husband.
An Amazon worker tries to return from a Covid-related leave and is mistakenly fired.
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