Amazon Wrongly Fired New York Warehouse Worker, NLRB Judge Rules

Amazon.com Inc. violated federal labor law by firing a worker for pressuring the company to improve Covid-19 safety protocols at its Staten Island warehouse, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled.

The online retail giant must offer Gerald Bryson reinstatement to his former job and pay him for loss of income following his April 2020 termination, Administrative Law Judge Benjamin Green said in his Monday decision.

The ruling comes shortly after Amazon levied allegations that the NLRB wrongly put its thumb down in favor of an upstart labor union that won a historic victory at the same Staten Island warehouse. ...