Ohio Amazon worker speaks out against unsafe workplace conditions in pandemic International Amazon Workers Voice (IAWV), published by the World Socialist Web Site, to describe the unsafe working conditions at her facility and the difficulties she faced after taking a leave of absence earlier this year. While Amazon’s CEO, Jeff Bezos, has been able to increase his wealth by $70 billion amidst the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, Amazon workers have had to risk infection and death for poverty wages, often suffering from debilitating medical issues due to repetitive tasks and long hours in poorly-ventilated warehouses. An Amazon fulfillment center (Wikimedia Commons)