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01-12-2021, 07:10 AM
01 Dec 2021 06:44AM
(Updated: 01 Dec 2021 06:51AM)
NEW YORK : New York state's attorney general on Tuesday asked a state judge to appoint a monitor to oversee worker safety at an Amazon.com Inc fulfillment center in New York City, citing the retailer's alleged rollbacks of COVID-19 safety measures that were "already inadequate."
Letitia James, the attorney general ...... sued Amazon in February in a New York state court in Manhattan over its safety protocols for thousands of workers at the Staten Island facility and a distribution center in the New York City borough of Queens.
She said Amazon is valuing profit over safety and "acting as if the pandemic is over" by rolling back safety protocols even as the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus threatens to increase transmission rates.
The alleged rollbacks include making the Staten Island facility "mask-optional" for vaccinated workers while not requiring masks for unvaccinated workers, and failing to enforce social distancing.
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The Seattle-based company is appealing a New York state judge's refusal in October to dismiss James' lawsuit.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business...or-2349496
(Updated: 01 Dec 2021 06:51AM)
NEW YORK : New York state's attorney general on Tuesday asked a state judge to appoint a monitor to oversee worker safety at an Amazon.com Inc fulfillment center in New York City, citing the retailer's alleged rollbacks of COVID-19 safety measures that were "already inadequate."
Letitia James, the attorney general ...... sued Amazon in February in a New York state court in Manhattan over its safety protocols for thousands of workers at the Staten Island facility and a distribution center in the New York City borough of Queens.
She said Amazon is valuing profit over safety and "acting as if the pandemic is over" by rolling back safety protocols even as the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus threatens to increase transmission rates.
The alleged rollbacks include making the Staten Island facility "mask-optional" for vaccinated workers while not requiring masks for unvaccinated workers, and failing to enforce social distancing.
......
The Seattle-based company is appealing a New York state judge's refusal in October to dismiss James' lawsuit.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business...or-2349496
