Re:Amazon fires two UX designers critical of warehouse worki...
by ignoramous on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @02:10PM
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WaPo has an in-depth article with interviews from fired employees, @marencost and @emahlee [0].
These tweets, made on 27 March, allegedly broke the camel's back:
@marencosta I am matching donations to $500 to support my Amazon warehouse colleagues and their communities, while they struggle to get consistent, sufficient protections and procedures from our employer. DM or comment for match. [1]
@emahlee I'm matching donations up to $500 to support my Amazon warehouse worker colleagues. "The lack of safe and sanitary working conditions" puts them and the public at risk.
It's bad ya'll... [2] and @marencosta re-tweeted it.
@marencosta had been warned by Amazon, in late 2019, to not publicly disparage them.
These tweets, made on 27 March, allegedly broke the camel's back:
@marencosta I am matching donations to $500 to support my Amazon warehouse colleagues and their communities, while they struggle to get consistent, sufficient protections and procedures from our employer. DM or comment for match. [1]
@emahlee I'm matching donations up to $500 to support my Amazon warehouse worker colleagues. "The lack of safe and sanitary working conditions" puts them and the public at risk.
It's bad ya'll... [2] and @marencosta re-tweeted it.
@marencosta had been warned by Amazon, in late 2019, to not publicly disparage them.
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[0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/04/13/amazon-...
[1] https://twitter.com/marencosta/status/1243585580736237568
[2] https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1243441985173651456.html