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April 3, 2020

Amazon Planned Smear Campaign Against Strike Leader Who Demanded Coronavirus Protections
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Vice News reports executives at Amazon have launched a PR campaign to
smear fired employee Christian Smalls, after he led a strike at a Staten
Island Amazon warehouse demanding sanitized workspaces, protective masks
and COVID-19 tests for workers. At a meeting attended by
multibillionaire CEO Jeff Bezos this week, Amazon general counsel David
Zapolsky reportedly declared Smalls "not smart or articulate" and
outlined an anti-union campaign with Smalls as the "face of the entire
union/organizing movement." So far, employees in at least 30 Amazon
fulfillment centers have tested positive for the coronavirus.


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