According to Business Insider, on Tuesday a French court sided with a French Labor Union, saying that Amazon was not taking precautions to protect its workers against COVID-19.<br />The court ruled that Amazon limit its to shipping only essential items like medicine, food, and hygiene products. <br />Amazon will appeal the decision, but said they may close all 6 of their French warehouses. <br />An Amazon spokesperson said "We're puzzled by the court ruling given the hard evidence brought forward regarding security measures put in place to protect our employees." <br />74 U.S. warehouses have confirmed COVID-19 cases of the disease, and one warehouse worker died. Workers in New York and Detroit walked off the job in protest.<br />Christy Hoffman, General Secretary of the international worker's union UNI Global Union told Business Insider, "Amazon is failing to keep its workers safe — not because it can't —but because it is prioritizing sales over safety, period."
