*[Enwl-eng] Amazon employees died while forced to work during tornadoes

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                        Holiday gifts are not more important than human 
lives.









                        Forced to Work During Deadly Tornadoes, 14 People 
Lost Their Lives. Demand Justice!



                             Sign Now




                        Holiday gifts should not be more important than 
human lives. Unfortunately, Amazon.com and Mayfield Consumer Products don't 
seem to agree. When violent weather patterns ripped through the Midwest of 
the U.S. last Friday, both companies displayed cruel negligence by 
prioritizing seasonal consumer demand over shielding their employees from 
deadly tornadoes. As a result, at least 14 people lost their lives: 8 
workers in Mayfield's Kentucky candle factory, and 6 at an Amazon warehouse 
in Edwardsville, Illinois.



                        These corporations put human lives at risk to 
selfishly feed their own profit-obsessed productivity deadlines — and 14 
employees paid the ultimate price. These individuals should never have been 
working with such imminent danger looming. They should have been home with 
their loved ones and pets, sheltering in place and staying safe. Instead, 
one Amazon employee texted his girlfriend that he wouldn't be home because 
the company wouldn't let workers leave until the storm blew over — even 
though his home was just a 10 minute drive away, and the tornado wasn't 
projected to touch down until later. He died when the Amazon warehouse 
concrete walls collapsed in on him, leaving behind his girlfriend and their 
two children.



                        Meanwhile, in Kentucky, 100 overworked employees 
were forced to shelter in place at the factory as the most deadly tornado in 
Kentucky's history ripped through Mayfield. The factory walls collapsed, the 
entire structure crumbled like sand, and the injured and dead were left in 
darkness. Rescue efforts took so long that one employee, who was pinned 
under 5 feet of rubble, went on Facebook Live to plead for help. These 
companies MUST be held accountable for these tragic — and completely 
avoidable — deaths. Sign the petition to demand that the U.S. Department of 
Labor bring charges against Amazon and Mayfield Consumer Products for the 
preventable deaths of their employees!




                 Thank you,

                        Miranda

                        Care2 Petitions Team



                        P.S. Forcing people to work during a deadly weather 
event is outrageously cruel and negligent. Sign the petition.

                             Sign Now









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From: Miranda B., Care2 Action Alerts
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2021 12:19 PM
Subject: Amazon employees died while forced to work during tornadoes

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