Night shift workers didn’t get the same option, though many raised concerns the air wouldn’t be safe to breathe because of smoke and fumes resulting from the blaze.įlaningan said on Wednesday that the company asked all night shift employees at the Staten Island warehouse to report to their shifts after fire officials certified the building as safe. Union organizers said day-shift workers at that warehouse were sent home with pay after Monday's late-afternoon fire. On Tuesday, Amazon suspended dozens of warehouse workers who refused to work following a cardboard compactor fire at a facility on Staten Island that voted to unionize earlier this year. In a tweet Thursday, the Amazon Labor Union said it was glad workers were given time off, but called it “simultaneously infuriating” the company suspended workers at another facility this week for demanding similar compensation. The workers whose shifts were canceled will also be paid, he said. “Out of an abundance of caution, we sent night shift employees home with pay and canceled Thursday’s day shift,” Amazon spokesperson Paul Flaningan said. Workers were evacuated and no injuries were reported.įire department officials declared the building safe following a preliminary investigation, Amazon said. They said the fire was likely caused by mechanical failure. Responding agencies stopped the fire from spreading to the structure of the building, Schodack police said. It’s the third fire at an Amazon warehouse this week.Īmazon described the incident as a small fire contained to a compactor located just outside the doors of a loading dock. and lasted until shortly after midnight, according to Schodack police. ![]() The fire at the warehouse, located near Albany in the town of Schodack, began around 10:50 p.m. ![]() NEW YORK (AP) - A fire broke out late Wednesday at an Amazon facility in upstate New York that’s voting in a union election next week.
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