"Therefore, we are making the temporary phone policy permanent worldwide, in all of our operations facilities." Amazon planned to reinstate the mobile device ban following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Amazon acknowledged its past policy but stressed all employees were allowed to have their phones with them the day the twister hit, as well as in the days since.

Amazon's blue-collar workers are speaking out about the company's phone policies after a tornado caused an Amazon warehouse building in Illinois to collapse on Friday, killing six people.

Now, Amazon workers argue that employees need phones to access alerts about tornadoes and other emergencies — and some are threatening to quit if the company goes back to its strict no-phone policy.

Workers across Amazon facilities also pushed back against a policy that Amazon is bringing back barring phones at work. For years, Amazon has banned workers from carrying their phones in warehouse ...

Amazon workers are criticising the company's policy prohibiting workers from carrying their mobile phones in its warehouses, saying it endangers them. A tornado hit an Illinois Amazon facility on ...

Amazon this week unveiled its Fire Phone, a 4.7-inch device that incorporates some nifty 3D tricks but sticks to the usual carrier structure. Prior to Wednesday's launch event, though, we asked ...

Amazon presumably requires device-management software on phones that access company email, giving the company the ability to enforce the no-TikTok policy by removing access to Amazon email accounts.