US labour board says Amazon illegally fired outspoken workers


A file photo of Cunningham (left) speaking during a news conference following Amazon’s annual shareholders meeting on May 22, 2019, in Seattle. The US National Labor Relations Board has found that two outspoken Amazon workers, Cunningham and Costa, were illegally fired last year. — AP

NEW YORK: The US National Labor Relations Board has found that two outspoken Amazon workers were illegally fired last year.

Both employees, Emily Cunningham and Maren Costa, worked at Amazon offices in Seattle and publicly criticised the company, pushing it to do more to reduce its impact on climate change and to better protect warehouse workers from the coronavirus.

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