Gerald Bryson led a protest calling for Amazon to do more to protect employees against COVID-19 early in the pandemic.
, saying the company"unlawfully" terminated the worker who led a protest calling for Amazon to do more to protect employees against COVID-19.
On Monday, administrative law judge Benjamin Green said Amazon must offer Bryson his job back, as well as lost wages and benefits resulting from his"discriminatory discharge." Amazon spokesperson Kelly Nantel said in a statement that the company will appeal the ruling."We strongly disagree with this ruling and are surprised the NLRB would want any employer to condone Mr. Bryson's behavior," Nantel said."Mr.
The woman also told Bryson, who is Black, to"go back to the Bronx," which the judge said Bryson could construe as"racial" since"since he is African-American and might question why, other than his race, someone would assume he is from the Bronx."
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