Amazon Case Study

  Amazon workers were claiming that they weren't properly alerted of smoke on the third floor of the Bessemer, Alabama warehouse this past Friday. Workers on the third floor were told to clock out (unpaid) and evacuate while workers on other floors were left to continue working. It was documented that workers on the third floor evacuated around 1:30pm. Workers on the first floor didn't start seeing the smoke until hours later. They didn't evacuate until 5:45pm. Furthermore, employees had no notification from a fire alarm, managers, or their in-house systems.  When employees got outside, there was limited police and fire presence. Workers coming in for an overnight shift were told to go inside and begin working despite the presence of smoke in the building. According to Isaiah Thomas, an Amazon warehouse worker at this location, "Everyone was very confused, and the lack of information made us feel very unsafe...I don't know what I was breathing in for that long, and