Did Amazon Solicit Donations to Help Pay Worker Sick Leave?

Claim: Amazon solicited donations from the public to pay sick leave to contractors and seasonal workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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In early March 2020, amid the COVID-19 coronavirus disease outbreak that would later grow into a pandemic, the massive retail and delivery company Amazon launched the Amazon Relief Fund, which among other things, offers grants to contract and seasonal workers so they can receive sick pay if they contract the coronavirus.

The $25 million fund established by Amazon sparked an online backlash after a liberal newsletter pointed out...