Amazon settles with employees allegedly fired for criticising working conditions

The National Labor Relations Board found in April that Amazon illegally fired Emily Cunningham and Maren Costa after they advocated for better working conditions during the pandemic.

Amazon.com Inc and the U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) said on Wednesday the company had reached a settlement with two former employees who alleged they were fired last year for criticising the working conditions at the e-commerce giant's warehouses.

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Amazon had terminated the employment of Emily Cunningham and Maren Costa, who had accused the company of enforcing policies in a discriminatory fashion and instituting rules that "chill and restrain" the staff from exercising rights, according to their charge filed in October.