by Michael Monks
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THE RIVER CITY NEWS MORE COVINGTON NEWS THAN ANY OTHER SOURCE
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in case you missed...
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THURSDAY EVENING'S NEWS
City expresses concern over Brent Spence Bridge plans (a pool may be eliminated and access to Devou Park may be affected); Steps being taken to involve residents in preventing a repeat of the St. Patrick's Day fallout in Mainstrasse; One Covington neighborhood warns of cars being "egged"; And, in case you missed, a second candidate drops out the city commission race. Click the link for those stories and more. |
AMAZON WAREHOUSE PUSHES WORKERS TO PHYSICAL LIMITS
The Seattle Times takes a look at a Campbellsville, Kentucky warehouse (Amazon has another one in Boone County):
"The Amazon motto is 'Work hard, have fun and make history,' and that's what we did," said Wethington, who worked for more than a decade at the Campbellsville fulfillment center before she was fired last year for a safety violation.
But over time, said former workers at Campbellsville, production pressure from headquarters intensified amid constant turnover.
As those tensions spilled onto the warehouse floor, Amazon gained a reputation as a difficult place to earn a living.
"There would be phone conferences [with Seattle], and all this screaming, about production numbers. That was always the problem; the production numbers weren't high enough," said a former safety manager with oversight of the warehouse who spoke on condition of anonymity. "This was just a brutal place to work."
Former managers said the company created a work environment where employees who complained about conditions, including excessive heat, risked retaliation.
After nearly two years on the job, one former manager was troubled enough about conditions to write an email to an Amazon regional vice president. He says he detailed concerns about unreasonable expectations of workers during extremely hot days, how production rates were set and other issues.
A week later, the former manager says, he was accused of a minor rules infraction and given the choice of leaving the company or getting fired.
"I said that this makes no sense," he recalled. "There were huge problems at Campbellsville, and I wanted them to do an investigation." The tough tactics extended to the treatment of sick and injured workers, according to a former human-resources employee.
"They would have meetings on how we could get rid of people who were hurt. It was horrible," she said. "I would try to find them [the workers] light-duty jobs that they could do, and they [managers] would say no. They wanted the workers to exhaust their time off so they could fire them."
Read it all.
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LICKING RIVER TRAILS TO HOST EVENT TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION
From Vision 2015:
Vision 2015, in partnership with the City of Covington and our trail funders Humana, the R.C. Durr Foundation, Kenton Conservancy, the Recreational Trails Program and Jerry Stricker invite you and your family to attend a celebratory event marking the beginning of construction on the Licking River Trails. Saturday, May 5, 10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. A short program will begin at 11:00 a.m. At the Corner of Levassor and Easter Avenues in Covington (just behind Holmes High School) Loads of activities, prizes and give-aways including a bike raffle, a band and entertainment for the entire family!
To see more photos from the trails shot last week during a large clean-up effort that was filmed by KET, click the link below.
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NEW ART GALLERY TO OPEN TONIGHT IN MAINSTRASSE
One of the features of the planned Hamelin's Square at 6th & Philadelphia Streets will debut tonight. David Jones will celebrate the opening of his art gallery at 526 Philadelphia Street tonight from 5:30 - 8:30PM. For more about all that's planned for Hamelin Square, click the link below.
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QUICKIES
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State Senator: 2012 session in Frankfort "one of the worst" cn|2
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Copper thieves cost Kentucky community phone service WKYT
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Manager of a Kentucky Kroger shot by shoplifter Local 12
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At UK, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas talks about his early life and the court Herald-Leader
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KENTUCKY IS BEST AND WORST OF NCAA BASKETBALL
So says a New York Post columnist:
This Kentucky team may have been fronted by a university, nothing else related to college, but it knew how to play winning, attractive five-man ball, none of that “Gotta get it into your star’s hands” plan played to the beat of a funeral drum and sold by simplistic media voices.Of course, The New York Post represents only the worst of the media.
NY Post/Phil Mushnick
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SEE ALSO: State of Kentucky shone during NCAA Tournament Herald-Leader
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SEE ALSO: Professor teaches leadership through basketball WKYT
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NKU grad to debut with White Sox Maysville Ledger Independent
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IRS offers eight tips to remain in its good graces Business First
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Help on the path to losing a pet Cincinnati Enquirer
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LUCKY DOGS (AND CATS!) ADOPTED SO FAR IN APRIL AT KENTON SHELTER
See more here.
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