Amazon warehouse workers are outraged after a coworker tested positive for COVID-19 and they weren’t notified

Bobbi Johnson, a worker at an Amazon warehouse south of Detroit, first saw the rumors on Facebook over the weekend. Kelly McIntosh-Butler, another worker at the facility, heard about them on Monday from her daughter, who works at another Amazon warehouse nearby. But it wasn’t until Tuesday, when Johnson and others confronted someone from human resources in the break room, that they received confirmation that someone at the facility had tested positive for COVID-19.

Six workers at the sortation center DTW5 say they only learned of the case from coworkers or after McIntosh-Butler, frustrated with the lack of transparency, tipped off Local Four News, which received confirmation from Amazon Tuesday. In the information vacuum, they are left...

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Amazon warehouse workers are outraged after a coworker tested positive for COVID-19 and they weren’t notified Amazon warehouse workers are outraged after a coworker tested positive for COVID-19 and they weren’t notified Reviewed by Benny on March 26, 2020 Rating: 5

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