Amazon Illegally Fired Employees Critical Of Work Conditions: Report

The board said on Monday that its regional director in Seattle will issue a complaint if the parties do not settle the case.

Amazon.com Inc illegally fired two employees who advocated for better working conditions during the pandemic, the U.S. National Labor Relations Board has found. The online retailer last year terminated the employment of Emily Cunningham and Maren Costa, who accused the company of enforcing policies in a discriminatory fashion and having vague rules that "chill and restrain" staff from exercising rights, according to their charge filed in October, seen by Reuters. The board said on Monday that its regional director in Seattle will issue a complaint if the parties do not settle the case. The decision comes at a delicate moment for Amazon as it awaits the outcome of its Bessemer, Alabama, workers' vote on whether to make their warehouse the company's first unionized facility in the country.