![]() ![]() All content of the Dow Jones branded indices Copyright S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and/or its affiliates. Standard & Poor’s and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Chicago Mercantile: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. US market indices are shown in real time, except for the S&P 500 which is refreshed every two minutes. Your CNN account Log in to your CNN account Louis, Missouri.ĬNN’s Ramishah Maruf contributed to this report. CT on Friday.Įdwardsville is approximately 25 miles northeast of St. The chief said approximately 150 yards of the building collapsed after the tornado touched down at 8:35 p.m. Our union will not back down until Amazon is held accountable for these and so many more dangerous labor practices,” said Stuart Appelbaum, President of the RWDSU. Amazon cannot continue to be let off the hook for putting hard working people’s lives at risk. “This is another outrageous example of the company putting profits over the health and safety of their workers, and we cannot stand for this. Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union criticized Amazon for requiring employees to work through a tornado warning. They made us shelter in place til we left - it was at least two and a half hours in there.” “It sounded like a train came through the building. I was just getting in the building and they started screaming, ‘Shelter in place!’” said David Kosiak, 26, who has worked at the facility for three months. The company responded by saying employees and drivers are allowed to have their cellphones. Some of those workers said they had kept their phones in violation of an Amazon policy that prevents them from having cellphones at work. Workers gave conflicting accounts as to whether the bathroom was the designated shelter. “We thank them for everything they were able to do.” “Our team worked quickly to ensure as many employees and partners could get to the designated Shelter in Place,” the company said in a statement. The first warning was issued about 40 minutes before the tornado hit, according to firefighters and the Illinois governor.Īmazon confirmed in an email that the site got tornado warnings through various alerts. Several employees told Reuters that they had been directed to shelter in bathrooms by Amazon managers after receiving emergency alerts on mobile phones from local authorities. We also want to thank all of the first responders for their ongoing efforts on the scene,” Clark said in a tweet. We’re continuing to provide support to our employees and partners in the area and across the communities affected by the storms. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their loved ones, and everyone who has been impacted by the storm’s path across the U.S. ![]() More than 80 feared dead after tornadoes hit central and southern USĪmazon Worldwide Consumer CEO Dave Clark said the company’s staff was saddened at the loss of life at the facility and beyond. “Earlier this afternoon, the response portion of this incident came to a close and we’re now focused solely on recovery,” Whiteford said.ĭestruction is seen in Mayfield. The recovery phase is expected to take three more days and first responders will continue “to search the site for evidence of life,” Whiteford said. “If I would have got back 45 minutes earlier, I probably would have been at the same place. “He was my friend and he didn’t make it,” said coworker Brian Erdmann, who was on his way to make a delivery to the warehouse. McEwen, 26, died trying to shelter from a powerful tornado in the bathroom at the warehouse, according to a coworker. Dickey, 62, of Carlyle, Illinois Clayton Lynn Cope, 29, of Alton, Illinois Etheria S. (AMZN) warehouse building collapse after an EF-3 tornado caused major structural damage to the building Friday, according to the Edwardsville Fire Department in Illinois.įorty-five people made it out of the building, with one person airlifted to a regional hospital for treatment, Edwardsville Fire Chief James Whiteford said during a Saturday evening news conference.Īmazon workers identified as dead by the local coroner were Deandre S.
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