I visit food banks when I can,” Kayla Breitbarth said.īreitbarth’s been working for Amazon for more than three years now. I don’t make enough money to pay my bills or pay for the hour of gas it takes me to get here. I’m always busy, and then I come to work and I’m barely getting paid. “I am a single mom with four kids, so life is hard. Another Amazon worker we talked to said she’s struggling to feed her kids and pay her bills. He said he believes Amazon should pay their employees better for the amount of work they’re doing, especially in a competitive job market like we’re seeing today.

Everyone there is going to have an accident because it’s so small and it’s very unsafe,” Davis said.ĭavis said he’s been struggling with his salary for years now. We have little bitty spaces to drive our forklifts. “We have loose wires and stuff like that at work. However now, he and dozens of other workers aren’t staying silent any longer. He said the bad working conditions and minimal pay have existed the entire time he’s worked there. Peters warehouse for more than two years now. So, we have to speak out, we have to reach forward,” George Davis said.ĭavis has worked at STL8′s St. “It’s considered to be one of the largest companies in the world, and their employees are getting treated like crap. Peters employees are saying it’s time for change for all Metro workers.

News 4 first heard similar concerns after a tornado ripped through the Edwardsville location last December, killing six people. (KMOV) - Concerns of low pay, dangerous working conditions, and more are coming from workers at a local Amazon Warehouse.

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