It is reported that not long ago, Amazon, an American e-commerce giant, voted to join the Union in a commodity warehouse on Staten Island, New York City. On Thursday local time, Amazon fired several senior managers of the warehouse. It is reported that Amazon fired about six executives of Staten warehouse, most of whom were involved in joining trade unions.
Several warehouse employees broke the news that Amazon's dismissal measures were a retaliation for the voting results of joining the union.
The internal code of this warehouse is "jfk8", which is the first warehouse of Amazon to decide to join the labor union, and other Amazon warehouses are also preparing for the labor union.
Amazon said the staff were fired because of "management adjustments".
Amazon said that part of the company's corporate culture is to continuously improve management, and the company believes it is necessary to evaluate whether its team has achieved the best management. In the past few weeks, Amazon has evaluated the operation and management of Staten warehouse, and then made some management adjustments.
It is reported that some employees of other Amazon warehouses have recently been dismissed, which may be related to joining the labor union.
A few weeks ago, four employees recently dismissed by Amazon filed a complaint with the U.S. government agency, the National Labor Relations Commission, saying they were retaliated by Amazon for supporting the formation of trade unions.
Last month, the National Labor Relations Commission asked Amazon to offer a new job to Gerald Bryson, a dismissed employee. Bryson used to work in the Staten logistics warehouse. Amazon dismissed him because he violated the internal rules on terminology.
However, the administrative judge of the National Labor Relations Commission did not recognize this reason. The judge held that Amazon's investigation into Bryson's behavior was inaccurate and dismissed him entirely because Bryson joined the trade union.
This week, Chris smalls, chairman of the Amazon trade union, attended a hearing of the Senate Budget Committee and testified.
For a long time, the Biden government of the United States has "low-key" supported employees of American companies such as Amazon and Starbucks to form trade unions to defend their rights and interests.
At the hearing, small said that Amazon had controversial labor management practices, and the U.S. federal government should stop awarding contracts to the company.
Small said that if employers such as Amazon engage in "illegal interference in the formation of trade unions" and deprive employees of their legitimate rights and interests, "then we can't let these companies get taxpayer money."