Amazon warehouse workers doing “back-breaking” work walked off the job in protest

More than 30 Amazon workers at a Sacramento warehouse walked off the job this morning, demanding they receive paid time off.

Around 2:45 am on Monday local time, 36 workers — out of around 100 in total on the shift— left work two hours early after they read a letter to management out loud stating their demands to be granted paid time off (PTO) and meet with management to discuss their concerns, according to a worker at the site.

These workers — who say they lift hundreds of packages a...