Ex-housekeeper sues Jeff Bezos, claims discrimination

By GENE JOHNSON
Associated Press

SEATTLE (AP) — A former housekeeper for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says she and other employees suffered unsafe working conditions that included being forced to climb out a laundry room window to get to a bathroom. In a lawsuit filed in King County Superior Court in Seattle this week, Mercedes Wedaa, a longtime housekeeper for wealthy Seattle-area residents including the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, claims she was discriminated and retaliated against when she complained about a lack of rest breaks or an area where staff could eat. Harry Korrell, an attorney for Bezos, called the claims absurd. He says there were several bathrooms and breakrooms available to Wedaa and other staff.