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Re:Amazon fires two UX designers critical of warehouse worki... by alehul on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @03:10PM (#22870164)
IANAL, but all I know of the National Labor Relations Act pertains to unions and collective bargaining. These were UX designers, far detached from warehouses, speaking on warehouse conditions.

While warehouse workers could file suit under the National Labor Relations Act if fired for speaking publicly of their own working conditions, I'm not sure that Amazon's UX team would qualify (but again, IANAL).

To draw an analogy: Would a DoorDash engineer be safe speaking out against the working conditions of DoorDash drivers?

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Re:Amazon fires two UX designers critical of warehouse worki... by a1369209993 on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @03:37PM (#22870493)
> Would a DoorDash engineer be safe speaking out against the working conditions of DoorDash drivers?

They should be, but you might be right that the National Labor Relations Act (or other applicable law) isn't doing its job.

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