Amazon Fired Another Alabama Union Organizer, Union Says
- Jennifer Bates calls her treatment by company ‘unfathomable’
- Union election at Bessemer warehouse remains too close to call
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Amazon.com Inc. has fired a leader of the union campaign in Alabama, according to the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union.
Jennifer Bates was terminated after taking medical leave for injuries sustained working at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, the union said Friday in a press release. She sought a doctor’s review at the company’s request and was terminated days after returning to work, the union said.