The US National Labour Relations Board has found that two outspoken Amazon workers were illegally fired last year. READ MORE:* Twitter shuts handful of accounts pretending to be happy Amazon workers* Amazon picks a Twitter fight over claims that workers resort to urinating in bottles* Coronavirus: Amazon hires another 75000 staff to cope with Covid-19 demand* Amazon workers talk of a culture of fear in Australian warehouses* Amazon workers in Italy, Germany strike on Black Friday“We support every employee’s right to criticise their employer’s working conditions, but that does not come with blanket immunity against our internal policies, all of which are lawful," the Seattle-based company said. About a year ago, Cunningham and Costa planned a call between Amazon warehouse and office workers to talk about unsafe conditions in the e-commerce giant's warehouses. Before it could happen, Amazon fired both women. Last year, Amazon also fired Christian Smalls, who led a walkout at a New York warehouse, hoping to get the company to better protect workers against the coronavirus.

Source: Stuff April 06, 2021 00:45 UTC