Five Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday wrote Amazon.com Inc to raise concern about its firing of a worker who protested warehouse operations during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a copy of the letter seen by Reuters.
FILE PHOTO: Amazon.com trucks are seen at an Amazon warehouse on Staten Island in New York City, New York, U.S., March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
In Wednesday’s letter, senators led by Cory Booker of New Jersey questioned the order of events. They cited a media report suggesting that Smalls’ two-week quarantine may have come after Smalls “had begun organizing their colleagues to demand more workplace transparency and stronger workplace protections.” The quarantine should have ended five days before the protest based on a possible March 11 exposure, the letter said, citing the media report.
The company said it fired Smalls because he put others’ health at risk, not because he organized a protest.
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