Amazon workers in Staten Island, New York, are walking off the job to protest the company's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic
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April 1, 2020
Amazon warehouse worker in New York fired after leading coronavirus protest
Christian Smalls, an assistant manager at Amazon's Staten Island, New York, facility, was fired after leading a protest on Monday, where workers voiced concerns over coronavirus protections. The company said Smalls was let go for "violating social distancing guidelines."
Photo via @EngadgetUKAmazon warehouse worker in New York fired after leading coronavirus protest
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100+ Amazon workers in Staten Island will walk off the job on Monday to protest what they say is management’s failure to protect employees from COVID-19.
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An employee at Amazon's facility in Staten Island, New York, was fired following the walkout
Amazon has fired the warehouse worker who organized a walkout yesterday to protest the level of coronavirus protections at the company’s Staten Island facility:
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Christian Smalls, an assistant manager at Amazon’s Staten Island warehouse, led a walkout on Monday demanding better protections against COVID-19 but was fired hours later on.forbes.com/60161aQls
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Amazon says the worker was fired because he was supposed to be under quarantine, not out and about. Amazon says that put others at risk.
The worker, Chris Smalls, says Amazon is the one putting people at risk by not closing and sanitizing the warehouse.
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CNBC: Amazon fires Staten Island warehouse worker who organized strike for greater #COVID19 protections. Company says it was for "violating social distancing guidelines”
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Amazon told that Christian Smalls was fired Monday for violating "multiple safety issues," including instructions to stay home w/pay for 14 days because he'd been in contact w/an infected employee. He instead came to the warehouse, Amazon says
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Christian Smalls issued a statement
"Putting the teams at risk": The warehouse worker who organized a walkout protesting Amazon's response to COVID-19 has been fired for coming to the site while he was supposed to be in isolation.
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Chris Smalls, the worker who helped organize a walkout from an Amazon fulfillment center in Staten Island today, said he was fired today.
“Amazon would rather fire workers than face up to its total failure to do what it should to keep us, our families, and our communities safe”
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Chris told me, “I couldn’t care less if they fired me tomorrow. I’m still going to fight because I feel like I’m doing the right thing.”
Amazon did in fact fire him the next day for organizing a walkout of warehouse workers in protest of unsafe pandemic working conditions
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Statement from the Athena workers rights group: "Amazon will give a lot of reasons for why Chris Smalls was fired today. But the facts stand: at midday today, Chris stood up and called out Amazon for failing to protect our safety and our health. Hours later, he was fired."
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Amazon has confirmed it fired Chris Smalls, a worker who helped organise a protest at its Staten Island fulfillment centre today. The company has said Mr Smalls was sacked for, among other things, "violating social distancing guidelines and putting the safety of others at risk".
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New York attorney general calls for investigation into firing of Amazon worker who led protest hill.cm/GcQSk1C
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