Amazon to ban ‘union’ and other words from staff chat app – report

Planned social media app would also prevent workers from using terms such as fire', slave labor', diversity' and injustice'

Amazon reportedly discussed plans to block the word union" and other related keywords from an internal messaging app the company is developing for workers, according to company documents seen by the Intercept.

The list of banned words includes union", fire", compensation", plantation", slave labor", diversity", robots", grievance" and injustice", among others, the Intercept reported. The news came days after Amazon workers in New York made history by voting to form a union, the first successful US organizing effort in the company's history.