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SPECIAL REPORT: Corporations like #Amazonギフト券 and @WholeFoods spend fortunes on ad campaigns thanking their workforce for “heroic” service, they refuse to provide basic gear or sick pay and crush any internal dissent.
By: @AlanRMacLeod
#coronavirus
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The revamp is one of many actions large corporations across the world have taken to symbolically thank their workers amidst the #coronavirus global crisis.
#GlobalCitizen #DisinfectantInjection #maskchallenge #lysol
This has not been appreciated by @WholeFoods 91,000 staff, especially as the retail behemoth owned by #Amazonギフト券 CEO @JeffBezos, has failed to provide staff with adequate wages or protective equipment, endangering their lives.
#coronavirus
A new petition set up by activists alleges that workers have to clean the store without protection or training and are unable to regularly wash their hands.
#CoronaUpdate #coronavirus #Trump @JeffBezos

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