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>How does at-will employment work with union busting? It's similar to the way at-will employment works with ADA protected classes - sure, they can fire you, bu
by alasdair_ 7y ago
>How does at-will employment work with union busting?
It's similar to the way at-will employment works with ADA protected classes - sure, they can fire you, but if you can show that them firing you was because of a protected action (union organizing), you can sue and will likely win.
Given the likely fact that Amazon only cared about quarantine for this individual, only after they organized a strike, and three weeks (!) after exposure, it's pretty clear that what Amazon did here was illegal.
- zaarn 7y agoAmazon is simply betting that the employee either can't afford a lawyer or their lawyer isn't better than Amazon's legal team. They can spend a lot of money on making sure of that.
- Zenbit_UX 7y agoNo, they don't care, they're simply betting that it'll cost them less to pay him off in a settlement than to deal with a union.