An impartial group of Amazon employees referred to as Amazonians United is accusing the e-commerce large of firing 4 employees in Queens as a result of they “supported a labor group.” According to BuzzFeed News, the group filed fees with the National Labor Relations Board on April 14th, arguing that the corporate fired the employees for “protesting phrases and situations of employment.” The group additionally stated that Amazon made the transfer to “discourage union actions.”
Workers at Amazon’s warehouses in Long Island City and Woodsland staged a walkout again in March to demand a pay elevate of $3 an hour and the reinstatement of their 20-minute relaxation breaks. A Motherboard report in regards to the protest famous that the employees had been incomes round $15.75 to $17.25 an hour and that Amazon had shortened their relaxation breaks from 20 to fifteen minutes. Workers on the Queens amenities additionally joined a petition that circulated in December demanding higher inclement climate coverage and the suitable to maintain their telephones with them in case of emergency.
This morning, within the first multi-state walkout within the US, over 60 employees in 3 supply stations walked out. Amazonians United employees in ZYO1 and DBK1 in New York City and DMD9 in Maryland confirmed what solidarity seems to be like.
We demand a $3 elevate! pic.twitter.com/wIYNUbEAon
— Amazonians United New York City (@NYCAmazonians) March 16, 2022
As a labor group, Amazonians United collectively fights for higher insurance policies that profit employees with out being an official union. It efficiently fought for office coverage adjustments and pay raises previously. In this explicit case, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) nonetheless has to assessment the group’s grievance earlier than it decides if it has any advantage. Just a number of days in the past, the NLRB efficiently satisfied a choose to order Amazon to reinstate Staten Island warehouse employee Gerald Bryson. The choose sided with the labor board and agreed with its argument that the corporate fired Bryson in retaliation for collaborating in a COVID-19 security protest again in 2020.