Long says he was fired after he protested having an Amazon headquarters in New York and advocated for safer working conditions and unionization. Long was outspoken about working conditions inside the warehouse, including health and safety issues, the letter said. In December, Long was quoted in a Bloomberg News story about workers in the Staten Island warehouse calling for unionization. Long was fired from Amazon in early February over what the letter to NLRB described as a “purported” safety violation. Before he started working at Amazon, he never had any numbing, tingling or cramping in his hands, he said.

Source: Washington Post March 21, 2019 19:52 UTC