Amazon workers say they faced deadly tornado with scant training


Recovery operations continue after the partial collapse of an Amazon Fulfillment Center in Edwardsville, Illinois on Dec 12, 2021. The facility was damaged by a tornado on Dec 10. The confirmed number of fatalities has been raised from two to six people. — AFP

The messages between an Amazon.com Inc delivery driver and her boss began about 80 minutes before a tornado struck one of the company’s warehouses in Edwardsville, Illinois, on Dec 10, killing six workers. The dramatic exchange cast in sharp relief the chaos that can ensue when disaster hits and disagreements erupt about when it’s time to heed warnings and cease working.

“Radio’s been going off,” the driver wrote in a text obtained by Bloomberg News.

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