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Amazon fires two tech workers who criticized the company’s warehouse workplace conditions

The workers had been outspoken critics of the e-commerce giant’s climate policies and were previously warned about making public comments about its business

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April 14, 2020 at 6:59 p.m. EDT
Emily Cunningham, a user experience designer at Amazon, speaks at an Amazon Employees for Climate Justice news conference after the company's annual shareholders meeting on May 22 in Seattle. (Ted S. Warren/AP)

SEATTLE — Amazon has fired two employees who were outspoken critics of its climate policies and who had publicly denounced the conditions at its warehouses as unsafe during the coronavirus pandemic.

The virus has spread widely, infecting workers in at least 74 warehouses and delivery facilities across the country, according to Amazon and media reports. Some warehouse workers have staged small demonstrations in response.