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COVID-19: Firing Of Amazon Worker Who Organized Walkout Sparks Backlash COVID-19: Firing Of Amazon Worker Who Organized Walkout Sparks Backlash
Covid-19: Firing Of Amazon Worker Who Organized Walkout Sparks Backlash An Amazon warehouse employee in New York who organized a strike as he demanded greater protections for employees amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has been fired. Chris Smalls, an hourly employee at a Staten Island Amazon warehouse, helped organize a strike of employees who alleged that a co-worker was diagnosed with the virus and the retail giant didn’t take proper precautions. Smalls was fired on Monday, March 30, following the strike. “Since the building won’t close by itself, we’re going to have to force (Amazon’s) hand,” Chris Smalls said to CNBC this week. “We …

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COVID-19: Amazon Workers In NY Plan To Strike Over Safety Concerns COVID-19: Amazon Workers In NY Plan To Strike Over Safety Concerns
Covid-19: Amazon Workers In NY Plan To Strike Over Safety Concerns As many as 100 Amazon workers are planning to walk out of a fulfillment center in New York to protest over concerns of the company’s safety policies regarding novel coronavirus (COVID-19). A employee for a Staten Island warehouse who helped organize the strike reportedly said that those planning on striking are doing so due to concerns after a co-worker was diagnosed with the virus last week. He stated that strikers will not return until their demands that Amazon shut down the warehouse for sanitizing are met. They are set to begin their strike at noon on Monday, March 30. “Since the build…

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