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March 27, 2022 09:32 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/27/22998856/amazon-workers-werent-all-alerted-smoke-spread-through-warehouse-bessemer-alabama
Amazon workers say they werent all alerted as smoke spread through a warehouse
Amazon workers claim they weren’t all properly alerted as what they thought was smoke filled the third floor at a Bessemer, Alabama warehouse on Friday, according to a report from the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) (via Input). While workers on the third floor were told to clock out, go on unpaid voluntary time off, and evacuate, employees on the other floors were allegedly left to continue working as an unidentified vapor spread throughout the facility. The “smoke” was later found to be vaporized oil from a malfunctioning compressor.
According to the RWDSU’s timeline of events, workers on the third floor evacuated around 1:30PM. Hours later, workers on the first floor started seeing the smoke-like substance and...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/27/22998856/amazon-workers-werent-all-alerted-smoke-spread-through-warehouse-bessemer-alabama
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