Amazon Culpable for Deaths of Six Warehouse Workers, New Evidence Reveals

In December 2021, six Amazon workers died when a tornado demolished a warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois. DLI4 employees allege that they were “threatened by their supervisors with termination or other adverse employment consequences” if they left their workplace to seek shelter. One of the victims, Larry Virden, reportedly texted his girlfriend, “Amazon won’t let us leave,”

But now new evidence has emerged linking Amazon to the deaths of the six workers. According to documents obtained by a lawyer representing the family of one of the employees who was killed, the support beams in the warehouse were not properly anchored to the ground, violating international building code and leading to the deadly collapse.
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