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“Many workers are fearful about speaking out” on COVID safety, officials wrote.
In their letter, New York officials also questioned Amazon’s decision to fire Chris Smalls, one of the organizers of the Staten Island protest . Smalls accused Amazon of retaliating against him for his organizing efforts. Amazon insists that Smalls was fired for defying a stay-at-home order after he came into contact with an infected co-worker.
Amazon says Smalls was instructed to stay home for days after he came into contact with a coworker who had COVID – and that Smalls came to work anyway to help lead the protest.
“He’s not smart, or articulate, and to the extent the press wants to focus on us versus him, we will be in a much stronger PR position than simply explaining for the umpteenth time how we’re trying to protect workers, ”Amazon’s general counsel wrote.
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