DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Greater than a dozen metro Amazon staff say they walked out on the job to demand greater wages and extra of a give attention to security.

“Pay us or chaos,” Amazon staff stated.

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The employees walked out throughout one in all Amazon’s most vital weeks.

“Prime week, hit them the place it damage,” Atlas Youthful stated.

Youthful was one of many staff on the Doraville distribution middle who says they walked out Wednesday morning at round 7 a.m.

They are saying the “Prime Week” gross sales at Amazon led to managers pushing them to satisfy new quotas on the expense of security.

“We wish a safer and higher working surroundings the place we’re handled like human beings and never machines,” Youthful stated.

The group demanded a $3 increase.

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“Naked minimal $18 an hour — that’s barely livable wage. However you already know, that’s what we would like,” Youthful stated

In a press release, an Amazon spokesperson instructed Channel 2:

“Whereas we respect their proper to [gather], it’s vital to notice that we offer full-time workers at our Doraville web site a minimal beginning wage of $15.80 an hour – twice the native minimal wage.”

Channel 2 Motion Information went inside a Stone Mountain distribution middle in 2021, the place we interviewed workers who praised the corporate.

The spokesperson goes on to say:

“So, whereas we’re at all times listening and at all times taking a look at methods to enhance, we stay happy with the pay, advantages and dealing circumstances we already present our groups in Doraville.”

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Youthful doesn’t understand how for much longer they may stick with Amazon however says quitting isn’t as simple for everybody as it could sound.

“Some folks don’t have that choice. Like me, I didn’t have the choice on the time,” she stated.

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