At the height of its crisis, one Amazon executive said he quit over the firings of workers who had raised questions about workplace safety during the pandemic. While Amazon has rolled out safety changes, many workers and officials said the measures were unevenly deployed and came too late. But in recent weeks, workers said, some conditions inside the warehouses have improved. Amazon recently invited reporters into a fulfillment center in Kent, Wash., 20 miles south of Seattle, where the company is based. The New York Times agreed to tour the facility to see the changes that Amazon and many workers around the country had described.

Source: New York Times June 09, 2020 14:17 UTC