Inside an Amazon Warehouse in the Covid-19 Era

Hi all, it’s Matt Day. This week, Amazon.com Inc. cut its delivery operations in cities slammed by protests, as a video of an Amazon van being looted made the rounds on Twitter and drivers said they fear becoming a target. It’s a bout of fresh upheaval for a company that has dealt with plenty over the last several months, and comes just as the e-commerce giant believes it’s getting a handle on fulfilling orders during a pandemic.

In mid-March, my colleague Spencer Soper and I wrote about the first cases of Covid-19 at Amazon’s facilities. We reported that some workers said their employer did too little to protect them. At the time, we asked for a tour of a warehouse, but Amazon declined the request.