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U.S. labor board claims Amazon illegally fired warehouse worker
Source: Reuters
U.S. LEGAL NEWS
DECEMBER 17, 2020 1:56 PM UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
U.S. labor board claims Amazon illegally fired warehouse worker
By Jeffrey Dastin
3 MIN READ
(Reuters) -The U.S. National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday alleged Amazon.com Inc illegally fired an employee this year who was raising alarm about workplace safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Amazon associate Gerald Bryson was helping lead a protest outside a company warehouse in Staten Island, New York on April 6 while off the job, when he got into a dispute with another worker, according to Bryson’s attorney Frank Kearl. Amazon later fired Bryson on the grounds he violated its vulgar language policy, Kearl said.
In a statement, Amazon said Bryson was “witnessed by other employees bullying and intimidating a female associate.” While it respects workers’ rights to protest, Amazon said that does not give them impunity when acting wrongly.
In June, Bryson filed an unfair labor practice charging that Amazon terminated him for protesting work conditions, which is protected under the law. On Thursday, a spokesman for the U.S. NLRB said the case had merit.
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DECEMBER 17, 2020 1:56 PM UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
U.S. labor board claims Amazon illegally fired warehouse worker
By Jeffrey Dastin
3 MIN READ
(Reuters) -The U.S. National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday alleged Amazon.com Inc illegally fired an employee this year who was raising alarm about workplace safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Amazon associate Gerald Bryson was helping lead a protest outside a company warehouse in Staten Island, New York on April 6 while off the job, when he got into a dispute with another worker, according to Bryson’s attorney Frank Kearl. Amazon later fired Bryson on the grounds he violated its vulgar language policy, Kearl said.
In a statement, Amazon said Bryson was “witnessed by other employees bullying and intimidating a female associate.” While it respects workers’ rights to protest, Amazon said that does not give them impunity when acting wrongly.
In June, Bryson filed an unfair labor practice charging that Amazon terminated him for protesting work conditions, which is protected under the law. On Thursday, a spokesman for the U.S. NLRB said the case had merit.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-nlrb/u-s-labor-board-claims-amazon-illegally-fired-warehouse-worker-idUSKBN28R319
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