Amazon Workers Walk Off Job, Say the Company Cut Break Times Because the Pandemic Is ‘Supposedly’ Over

Dozens of employees at two Chicago-area facilities ditched work during the final stretch of holiday deliveries

An Amazon delivery worker pulls a delivery cart full of packages during its annual Prime Day promotion in New York on June 21, 2021. Brendan McDermid/Reuters

By Amanda Breen

Dozens of Amazon employees at two Chicago-area facilities walked off the job during the final stretch of holiday deliveries on Wednesday, citing the company’s shortened break times and unwillingness to increase wages, Business Insider reports.

The walkouts took place at Amazon’s delivery centers in Gage Park and Cicero, according to the Chicago Tribune. A video from Amazonians United Chicagoland, a group representing local Amazon workers, was posted to Facebook, explaining the demands.