US judge stops Amazon from firing employees for unionisation - New York News
by Maria Thomas | Updated Nov 29, 2022
The order by US District Court Judge Diane Gujarati now prevents the company from terminating employees over their unionisation efforts.
The order came after Amazon made "management changes" at its Staten Island warehouse in New York in May this year, resulting in firing over half a dozen managers.
The court injunction was issued based on a petition filed by Kathy Drew King, former regional director of Region 29 of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in the US.
The injunction also directs Amazon to post, distribute, and read the Court's order to employees at the Staten Island facility, the NLRB said in a statement.
The petition alleged that Amazon unlawfully fired an employee for advocating, with his co-workers, for workplace health and safety protections in light of the Covid-19 pandemic and by protesting with his co-workers Amazon's failure to provide greater safety protections to employees.
While the injunction does not order interim reinstatement of the employee at this time, "it does order Amazon to cease and desist from further discharging any employees for protected activities under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), or in any like or related manner interfering with, restraining, or coercing employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed to them by Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act," the labor board emphasised.
If Amazon violates the cease-and-desist order, it could be held in contempt by the court.
"The Judge's order in this case recognises Amazon's unlawful conduct and provides the full force of a federal court injunction to prohibit Amazon from further discharging employees for engaging in protected concerted activity," said Region 29 Brooklyn Director Teresa Poor.
"This relief is critical to ensure that Amazon employees can fully and freely exercise their rights to join together and improve their working conditions, including by forming, assisting, or joining a union," Poor added.
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