Amazon’s clashes with employees over workers' rights and unionization now include a New York warehouse worker who says his criticism of the company led to his firing.
Amazon.com Inc.’s clashes with employees over workers’ rights and unionization now include a Staten Island, N.Y., warehouse worker who says his criticism of the company led to his firing.
Long began working the overnight shift at the Amazon warehouse in October 2018, according to a letter submitted to the NLRB by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. Long was outspoken about working conditions inside the warehouse, including health and safety issues, the letter said. In December, Long was quoted in aLong was quoted in the Bloomberg story as saying, “They talk to you like you’re nothing — all they care about is their numbers.
“Long’s termination for his purported safety violation was pretext for being outspoken against the working conditions at the facility,” the letter says.
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