Affected By The Epidemic, Amazon Closes An American Clothing Recycling Warehouse.

Beijing time on March 26th morning, according to foreign media reports, Amazon extension of a dedicated warehouse for the return of the closure time, after three workers were detected positive new crown virus, which is the online retailer to deal with this pandemic and idle time idle American facilities the first known example.

Earlier, the warehouse staff expressed their concern that they should not risk their infection or spread the disease back to work to deal with the returned sneakers and watches.

On Monday night, workers in the warehouse of the Kentucky, HP, were told that the virus was positive in the warehouse, and the warehouse would be shut down for 48 hours to carry out "intensive daily deep cleaning" to protect employees. Hours later, the first workers planned to return to work on Wednesday night. The employees also received a phone call from the company, saying that the warehouse would continue to be closed for more cleanliness. Employees who do not want to be named say workers will still get their wages. It is reported that once the opening date is confirmed, the company will contact these workers to return to work.

As businesses around the US shut down to slow the spread of the virus, Amazon's warehouse continued to open like a grocery store, drugstore and other important facilities during the pandemic. These companies implicitly require their employees to provide critical services at risk of illness and possible transmission of disease. As part of this effort, Amazon cut off the shipment of non essential goods to its warehouse last week to give priority to the delivery needs of those necessary commodities.

But in addition to the more than 100 multipurpose warehouses in the US, they continue to operate. These warehouses either store small items such as cans of soup or dry goods, or store bulk parcels such as diapers, toilet paper and TV sets. Amazon also keeps a small number of specialized warehouses open. The main warehouse of the company is mainly sports shoes, watches and T-shirts. According to people familiar with Amazon's logistics network, other similar professional warehouses are located in all parts of the United States from southern California to Georgia, and it is difficult to readjust their functions to store those priority necessities.

For some of the workers in the company, it is dangerous to reopen the warehouse for processing returns. An employee said in an interview: "if it is to provide medical supplies and food, it can be understood, but this is not our case." "Do people in isolation really need to wear their new shoes at home?"

Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos admitted in an email to employees last weekend that hundreds of thousands of employees could not be as white collar workers who could work at home during the pandemic. They would have to stick to their jobs and face the challenge of virus. Bezos wrote: "we are providing vital services to people around the world, especially those who are most vulnerable to the epidemic, such as the elderly." "People depend on our services."

Amazon said it is in line with local public health guidelines to provide services for businesses that remain open during the pandemic. In some of the states that have been ordered to shut down extensively, such as New York, Amazon's warehouse is not restricted by the closure order because of its important role in the US supply chain.

Some enterprises have taken the initiative to take measures to close down. Last week, GM, Ford and Fiat Chrysler agreed to suspend car manufacturing for three days to protect their employees. Boeing initially refused to shut down its manufacturing facilities, but had to shut down after an employee died of a new crown virus in Seattle. Earlier this month, when an employee in Kentucky became WAL-MART's first infected employee, the world's largest retailer said it would follow the advice of the state health department and continue its operations after cleaning up and disinfecting.

Last week, Amazon began canceling the warehouse shift meeting, staggered the commencement time, and rearranged the warehouse lounge to prevent crowds from gathering. But these measures failed to prevent the emergence of new crown virus cases among 800 thousand employees in the company, both in European countries and in the United States. Last week, Amazon temporarily closed a courier station in Queens, New York, after finding a new crown virus. According to media and Amazon employees, at least 8 states (California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Oklahoma and Texas) have found cases of virus infection in the Amazon warehouse.

Amazon spokesman declined to respond to questions about the number of cases in his warehouse, and refused to respond to the adjustment of the opening of non essential goods warehouses.

"We have increased the frequency and intensity of cleaning in all places, including regular doorknobs, handrails, touch screens, scanners and other areas that are frequently touched," the company said in an e-mail statement. The statement said Amason had been consulting with medical experts and public health authorities to determine the measures needed to be taken after staff infection. "We will investigate the location of employees who have been infected in the building, their time at work, and who they interact with, and so on, so as to decide whether to take closure measures."

In the interview, 16 staff from Amazon's warehouse in the United States expressed a panic atmosphere. They say uncertainty about the spread of the new crown virus, distrust of management, and even a nearby cough colleague have encouraged rumors of infection. Some people have shortened their working hours or simply stopped coming. Many people start to have lunch in the car instead of venturing into the lounge.

Amazon plans to hire 100 thousand people to keep pace with the surge in online orders throughout the country. At present, the company is trying to make employees continue to work in the form of $2 an hour and extra overtime compensation.

An Amazonian warehouse worker on Staten Island said he and his colleagues were excited to earn more than 2 dollars an hour, but their mood changed dramatically when they learned that a colleague had positive viral tests on Tuesday. According to the plan, he will receive double overtime pay ($40 per hour), and Bea Ma Xun's national starting salary of more than 15 dollars per hour is more than doubled. But in the end, he chose to go home early.

The worker said he and his colleagues were dealing with many household necessities, such as cleaning supplies, but there were still non essential items such as video games and clothing. "We sell everything," he said.

Amazon did not disclose personal information about sick employees, but said that for every case, it would notify those who had close contact with sick employees. The general manager of the warehouse at the headquarters of the company said on Wednesday that the Amazon was trying to identify which employees might be in touch with sick employees during the recent shift, and would "immediately contact these employees according to the relevant guiding principles".

Information about new cases is occasionally notified to staff members by accident. Several employees said they heard these cases through automatic voice mail or sending text messages to all employees. But a Amason employee in brown, near Detroit, said she was informed of the company's new crown virus case on Facebook.

A worker said on Monday, a colleague in the Oklahoma City warehouse posted a news on positive tests on social media, and workers on the job talked about it. However, the human resources department did not confirm this. As a result, many employees choose to leave when they shift, and go outside to look for local news. Employees said that Amason would normally keep these warehouses open or shut down for less than a day, allowing workers to clean and disinfect.

So far, the warehouse is an exception. A state economic development agency points out that the warehouse employs about 2000 employees and is built around a large return department. In the warehouse, employees work back-to-back, open the boxes, check whether the returns from the truck conform to the description of their condition on the computer screen, then wipe the shoes and clothes with alcohol and other cleaning agents. Managers have removed some employees from the work pipeline this week, leaving more room for their left behind staff and keeping them at a distance of 6 feet in accordance with federal guidelines, so as to slow down the spread of the virus.

Before the sudden closure of the warehouse at the port of the port of PFP, the management taped the tape six feet to the floor. The tape reminded staff not to stand too close to avoid the spread of the virus. Despite these measures, 10 employees interviewed by the media still said that the warehouse should be closed.

The staff said the building's specifications do not keep people safe. Some employees say it is difficult to find cleaning materials such as hand sanitizers and wipes. The warehouse has shipped part of its inventory to a Whole Foods supermarket in Chicago, a part of the distribution work. Amazon's warehouses across the country are scrambling to purchase and distribute valuable food.

As the number of new crown cases has exceeded 100, the state of Kentucky, which is located in the warehouse of the company, has ordered all non essential retail businesses to close their customer facing facilities on Monday and extend the closure order to all non life support enterprises on Tuesday. According to a worker in the warehouse of the port of Xie, he asked a warehouse manager why they came to work. According to the employee, the storehouse manager responded that customers wanted to get a quick return service.

The employee was very worried about a family member whose family members were immune to injury. She said that if Amazon did not shut down the warehouse, she would choose not to work. She said, "I think the customers will understand."