Amazon illegally dismissed staff critical of work conditions US labor board

The US National Labor Relations Board has determined that Amazon unfairly sacked two workers who called for fair workplace practices during the outbreak. The online retailer fired Emily Cunningham and Marine Costa last year. After they accused the firm of unfair practices and making ambiguous laws that, according to their charge lodged in October. However, employees prohibited from exercising rights, according to Reuters.

If the parties can not reach an agreement, the board’s regional director in Seattle will file a lawsuit, the board said on Monday. However, the announcement comes at a crucial juncture for Amazon. As it awaits the outcome of a vote in Bessemer, Alabama whether to make warehouse the company’s first unionized facility in the world. Cunningham and Costa, who helped propel the organization to fame by emphasizing climate change, criticized Amazon’s pandemic safety protocol almost a year ago and collected funds for factory workers at risk of contracting COVID-19.

Amazon confirmed in a statement that it respects workers’ freedom to question workplace practices:

Amazon confirmed in a statement that it respects workers’ freedom to question workplace practices. But this would not absolve employees who breach the law. In the end, we had these workers not speak openly about job practices, protection, or stability. Yet to repeatedly breach internal policies.

Moreover, Amazon did not mention which polis they were on Monday. Cunningham and Costa did not react right away. In a tweet, UFCW union international president Mark Perron whose local unit assisted in filing the charge said. Similarly, today is a warning that Amazon will break the law and silence its own employees who speak out. Amazon is undergoing a watershed moment as its workers take a vote on unionizing.