Sign this petition re: Whole Foods & paid sick leave

Jeff Bezos, as the wealthiest man in the world, must provide paid sick leave to Whole Foods employees immediately.

Dear fellow MoveOn member,

Jeff Bezos and Whole Foods CEO John Mackey want their workers to pay for their colleagues' sick leave during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Their solution to how employees should take time off if they're not well is for other employees to "donate" their "paid time off" days to their colleagues.¹

As the richest man in the world with a net worth of $105 billion, Jeff Bezos has the means to provide proper support for his employees in this stressful time. Yet his solution to providing care for his employees, who are dealing with this pandemic on the front lines, is to have Whole Foods workers donate their PTO to one another. 

Bezos needs to step up and provide proper paid sick leave and family leave for his employees at Whole Foods immediately. This is an unprecedented global pandemic, and donating sick time is not a solution for those who are on the front lines and providing essential goods to the American public. 

Sign this petition demanding that Jeff Bezos and Whole Foods CEO Jeff Mackey provide paid sick leave to their employees during the time of the coronavirus.

Jeff Bezos, as the wealthiest man in the world, must provide paid sick leave to Whole Foods employees immediately.

The burden of coping with this pandemic should not fall on those who are least able to pay for it—especially when Amazon and Whole Foods receive huge tax breaks from the government.

Bezos can afford to pay for frontline workers from his own personal wealth without breaking the bank. It is obscene that he is trying to foist this responsibility onto his hourly workers.

Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to your friends.

Thanks for all you do.

—R. Karpinski

Source:

1. "Whole Foods Suggests That Workers Share Paid Time Off During Coronavirus," Vice, March 13, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/118797?t=10&akid=260170%2E10220574%2ELv_caG

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