Amazon Workers Plan Friday Sickout to Protest Activist Firings
- Rally leaders could struggle to get message out amid pandemic
- Amazon says strikes so far involve a small number of employees
Employees protest at Amazon.com’s Staten Island distribution facility in New York on March 30.
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Amazon.com Inc. employee climate activists have called for a walkout Friday to protest the firing of two of their leaders and to show solidarity with warehouse workers who continue to pick, pack and ship orders during the pandemic.