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New York City's mayor has ordered a human rights probe into Amazon's firing of a warehouse worker who led a strike against the company over coronavirus safety concerns

Smalls claimed he was fired in retaliation for his involvement in the protest, telling Business Insider in a statement: "Amazon would rather sweep a problem under the rug than act to keep workers and working communities safe."

Amazon has denied Smalls' accusations, saying it fired him for repeatedly "violating social distancing guidelines and putting the safety of others at risk" after it asked him to stay home on paid sick leave after he came into "close contact with a diagnosed associate with a confirmed case of COVID-19," the company told Business Insider in a statement Monday.

Amazon has faced pushback from workers as well as regulators who say it hasn't done enough to protect workers from exposure to the coronavirus, with

 

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How about a human rights probe into all politicans who are giving corporations and real estateTycoons all the stimulus money making easier for them to harm the environment but amazon is the bad guy and Americans get 12 a day 4 120 days. CNN fox breaking Amazon COVID19

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