Amazon said it will appeal the decision, which found it acted 'unlawfully.'
A protest outside an Amazon.com facility in the Staten Island borough of New York in May 2020. Photo: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images
, administrative law judge Benjamin Green agreed with the National Labor Relations Board's findings that Gerald Bryson was fired for protesting safety conditions in April 2020, which he said was "unlawful." He ruled that Bryson was owed back pay for "discriminatory discharge."" after getting into a dispute with a female associate during the protest.
Bryson testified that he reported the incident to a manager, who denied this. But the judge found it unlikely Bryson would "fail to convey such a prominent remark," accusing Amazon of a "rush to judgement and skewed investigation" following the incident.For me to win and walk back through those doors changes everything," Bryson told the
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