Amazon Workers Speak Out Against Phone Ban After Tornado Warehouse Deaths

  • Amazon workers are pushing back against a phone ban after six employees died when a warehouse collapsed in Illinois. 
  • The long-running policy had been relaxed during the pandemic, but is being reinstated around the country. 
  • “After these deaths, there is no way in hell I am relying on Amazon to keep me safe,” a staffer told Bloomberg.

Amazon employees are speaking out about the return of a controversial mobile phone ban after devastating tornadoes ripped through the Midwest on Friday, destroying an Illinois warehouse and killing at least six employees. 

Though the e-commerce giant had previously relaxed its strict rules prohibiting phones on the warehouse floor during the pandemic, it has been slowly reintroducing the ban across the country, Bloomberg reported. Amazon initially revoked the protocol to allow for staffers to get in touch with loved ones or health care providers in case of emergency.

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