Internal email: Amazon now permanently lets its warehouse workers keep their cell phones while they work, after temporarily lifting its ban during the pandemic
The concession to warehouse workers follows the first union victory at an Amazon warehouse in US history. — Lauren Kaori Gurley
Amazon's decision shows that the fiercely anti-union company is making small concessions to workers on very basic demands as they grapple with their first union and a potential wave of warehouse worker labor militancy across the country. https://www.vice.com/...
Amazon warehouse workers in Staten Island who unionized in early April made permanent cell access one of the demands of their campaign. Weeks later, Amazon has changed their policy on phone access worldwide. https://www.vice.com/...
Amazon will permanently let warehouse employees keep their cell phones with them at work. It relaxed an earlier cell phone ban during the pandemic and was thinking of resuming it, but workers came unglued: https://www.bloomberg.com/...
NEW: We've learned that Amazon has made cell phone access at its warehouses permanent, facing the specter of a widespread unionization movement. This is a hugely important issue for Amazon workers, especially those with young children. https://www.vice.com/...