Amazon is cracking down on protesters and organizing, workers say
At least six workers who have participated in protests or advocated for safer conditions have been fired during the pandemic
Amazon's revenues topped $33m an hour in the first three months of the year as the coronavirus pandemic locked down large parts of the world. The sales boost has handed Amazon the biggest dilemma of its 25-year life: how to deal with a growing chorus of critics within the company. So far its reaction has only made matters worse.
Last week an Amazon vice-president, Tim Bray, resigned in protest at what he called the company's chickenshit" decision to fire colleagues in the company's warehouse division who had highlighted safety issues. Remaining an Amazon VP would have meant, in effect, signing off on actions I despised," wrote Bray.
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