National 'Hometown Heroes Or Whatever': Low-Wage Workers Want More Than Praise In this lockdown, low-wage workers have been publicly declared "essential" — up there with doctors and nurses. But the workers say their pay, benefits and protections don't reflect it. Alina Selyukh Shannon Bond
National Amazon Warehouse Safety 'Inadequate,' N.Y. Attorney General's Office Says Amazon may have violated federal health and safety standards as well as New York's whistleblower law, the New York attorney general's office wrote to Amazon in a letter obtained by NPR. Alina Selyukh
Health Amazon To Change Time-Off Policy During Pandemic, Extend Pay Bump Unlimited unpaid time off will end next week. Instead, warehouse workers can take regular accrued time off or a leave of absence. The company's pay bumps will apply through mid-May. Alina Selyukh
National Amazon Workers Stage New Protests Over Warehouse Coronavirus Safety Organizers say more than 350 workers pledged to call off work, criticizing Amazon's measures to protect them during the coronavirus pandemic. Amazon says it has taken steps to keep workers safe. Alina Selyukh
Business Seller anxiety rises as Amazon restrictions continue Amazon has been restricting goods coming into its warehouses for a month. That’s squeezing businesses who had orders from the company. Carolyn Adolph
National Bezos Hopes To Start Amazon Workers Coronavirus Testing 'Soon' The CEO says "vastly more" COVID-19 testing is needed. The company is building its own lab to start testing some workers, potentially looking to start regular checks for all employees. Alina Selyukh
Business Amazon To Temporarily Stop Deliveries In France, Following Court Ruling A French court ruled Amazon must limit deliveries to essential items while it assesses COVID-19 contagion risk at its facilities. The company decided to suspend all deliveries until April 20. Jake Cigainero
Health Amazon fires 2 tech employees who raised coronavirus, climate concerns A few months ago, it might’ve been hard to imagine a scenario where someone would be fired in front of her 13-year-old son. But that just happened to Amazon employee Maren Costa while working from home in Seattle. John Ryan
Food Amazon Puts New Grocery-Delivery Customers On Hold As Demand Explodes The company also plans to hire 75,000 additional workers. And it says it will devote some hours at Whole Foods to online orders only and make other changes to keep up with a crush of demand. Alina Selyukh
Health New York Mayor, Attorney General Seek Investigations Over Fired Amazon Worker The warehouse employee helped organize a walkout to demand closure of the facility following several COVID-19 cases. Amazon fired him the same day, saying he violated quarantine and safety measures. Alina Selyukh
