Bezos’ Blue Origin Hit With Sexism Suit From Former Welder

A former welder at Jeff Bezos’ aerospace company Blue Origin Florida LLC says her supervisors forced her to sew buttons on their shirts and would tell her she was “a welder in a man’s world,” according to a Wednesday lawsuit.

Rebecca Carver welded rocket fuel systems at Blue Origin but was fired after her supervisors, while engaging in a pattern of sexism and retaliation, refused to accommodate injuries she sustained on the job, her complaint filed in the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida said.

Blue Origin on Jan. 16 launched a new rocket ...