(Reuters) – Some workers at Amazon.com Inc, Target Corp and Instacart Inc are staging protests and sick-outs on Friday to demand a safer work environment and better pay during the coronavirus outbreak.
Adria Rosenberg holds a sign as she joins her mother during a protest outside of an Amazon warehouse as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in the Staten Island borough of New York U.S., May 1, 2020. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
The protests are taking place in New York, Pennsylvania, Oregon and other states, organizers said in social media posts and interviews. Labor groups and unions involved include the United Food and Commercial Workers and Workers United. Workers across the country can join in by calling in sick.
May 1, known as International Workers’ Day or May Day, is a worldwide holiday to celebrate working classes.
The protests are the latest by workers deemed essential in the pandemic who risk their lives working in warehouses and grocery stores. They…
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