An Amazon warehouse worker in New York died from COVID-19 last month, the company confirmed to CNBC on Thursday. He marks the sixth confirmed death from the virus among Amazon’s workforce.
Amazon is under mounting pressure to disclose the number of coronavirus cases and deaths among its employees as politicians and activists call for more comprehensive safety measures inside warehouses.
The company has repeatedly refused to provide that data, leading employees to keep informal tallies that put the case number around 900.
Amazon has adopted a range of new policies in response to the pandemic, including temperature screening of employees at all facilities, increased pay, and expanded time off. But the company is sunsetting the pay increases and unlimited unpaid time off policy that it initially implemented for its essential workforce.
