Workers protest at Romulus Amazon facility

About 20 workers at the Amazon facility in Romulus demonstrated in front of the facility April 1 holding signs protesting the prioritizing of profit over their health and stating they were afraid to go to work at the facility.
The demonstration was prompted, the protesters said, by the failure of Romulus Amazon management to warn them that a worker had tested positive for COVID 19. Since that first case, employees claim, three more people at the order-fulfillment center have tested positive for the coronavirus.

The Romulus warehouse employs 4,000 workers in the facility and workers claim it is impossible to practice the social distancing and Stay Home Stay Safe executive order of  Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The employees demonstrating claimed that there is no way, under current working conditions, to prevent the spread of the virus and that they, and others, are in jeopardy of becoming infected. The workers were demanding a two-week shutdown of the warehouse, in compliance with the governor's order, which they claim could be accomplished if Amazon would restrict sales to only essential items such as foodstuffs, disinfectants, medical staples and hygiene products.
Amazon  had pledged last month to hire an additional 100,000 workers nationally at an increased pay rate and to prioritize the shipment of essential items and limit the shipment of those deemed non-essential.
Romulus Amazon management issued a prepared statement regarding the protest which claimed “fewer than 15 people participated” in the demonstration and said that Amazon employees are “heroes fighting for their communities and helping people get critical items they need in a crisis.”