Amazon will raise the wages of warehouse workers around the world. The company will also recruit 100,000 people in the United States to cope with the influx of orders linked to the crisis of the new coronavirus.
Employees of warehouses, logistics centers, stores and delivery men of the online business giant will receive about 2 dollars / pounds / euros per hour more about “so that others can stay at home,” the group said in a statement. on Monday.
This increase will cost him more than $ 350 million. In the United States, the Seattle (West) company has also decided to create 100,000 full-time or part-time jobs in these same logistics chains, from warehouses to delivery, to “meet the increase in demand from people who depend on Amazon services during this stressful time. “
Containment measures
Several European countries have implemented drastic measures to contain the population, now only opening essential stores, to curb the spread of Covid-19, which has already claimed the lives of more than 7,000 people worldwide.
Large American cities and counties have followed suit with decrees to close schools and limit unnecessary travel. In these places, bars and other non-essential establishments must temporarily close, but restaurants may remain open for take-out or deliveries. Deliveries remain authorized.
Authorities everywhere insist particularly on social distancing, such as staying 1 or 2 meters from others.
ats, blg, dpa
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