The company has also fired a Bashir Mohamed, a warehouse worker from Minnesota. It claimed the action was in response to Mohamed failing to follow social distancing guidelines. Mohamed, however, said that in addition to organizing workers to advocate for better working conditions, he had begun pushing for more rigorous cleaning and other measures to protect against the transmission of the coronavirus. He believes his advocacy resulted in his dismissal. The company’s stock has never been higher, and it seems that Jeff Bezos wants to capitalize even further on the challenges posed to society by COVID-19. The company is reportedly installing thermal cameras in order to detect warehouse employees that might have contracted the disease. The cameras are able to discern workers with higher body temperatures, and apparently works faster than the close-range thermometers that the company had previously been using. “We are now implementing the use of thermal cameras for temperature screening to create a more streamlined experience at some of our sites.”
— marencosta (@marencosta) March 27, 2020
