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Amazon Closes U.S. Apparel Returns Warehouse Amid Worker Alarm
- Kentucky depot has reported 3 cases of employees with Covid-19
- Facility doesn’t handle essential products like hand sanitizer
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Amazon.com Inc. has extended the shuttering of a warehouse dedicated to returning apparel after three workers tested positive for Covid-19, the first known instance of the online retailer indefinintely idling a U.S facility in response to the pandemic.
The move comes after employees expressed concern that returning to work to process returned sneakers and wristwatches wasn’t worth the risk of contracting or spreading the respiratory disease.