By — Joseph Pisani, Associated Press Joseph Pisani, Associated Press Leave a comment 0comments Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/amazon-executive-quits-to-protest-employee-firings-companys-climate-change-record Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Amazon executive quits to protest employee firings, company’s climate change record Nation May 5, 2020 2:45 PM EDT NEW YORK (AP) — An Amazon executive said he quit his job at the online-retail giant to protest the firing of employees who spoke up about the conditions inside the company’s warehouses and its record on climate change. Tim Bray, a vice president at the company, wrote in a blog post that he left his job last week “in dismay” after Amazon fired several workers who publicly criticized the company. He said the firings were “evidence of a vein of toxicity running through the company culture.” Amazon, which is based in Seattle, declined to comment. READ: Around the world, virus worries haunt workers demanding rights on May Day Among those fired was a New York warehouse worker who led a strike last month, pushing Amazon for more protections for workers against the new coronavirus. At the time, Amazon said the worker was fired for not obeying social-distancing rules Bray, who said he worked at Amazon’s cloud business for more that five years, said he brought up the firings internally at the company. “That done, remaining an Amazon VP would have meant, in effect, signing off on actions I despised,” he wrote. “So I resigned.” We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now By — Joseph Pisani, Associated Press Joseph Pisani, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — An Amazon executive said he quit his job at the online-retail giant to protest the firing of employees who spoke up about the conditions inside the company’s warehouses and its record on climate change. Tim Bray, a vice president at the company, wrote in a blog post that he left his job last week “in dismay” after Amazon fired several workers who publicly criticized the company. He said the firings were “evidence of a vein of toxicity running through the company culture.” Amazon, which is based in Seattle, declined to comment. READ: Around the world, virus worries haunt workers demanding rights on May Day Among those fired was a New York warehouse worker who led a strike last month, pushing Amazon for more protections for workers against the new coronavirus. At the time, Amazon said the worker was fired for not obeying social-distancing rules Bray, who said he worked at Amazon’s cloud business for more that five years, said he brought up the firings internally at the company. “That done, remaining an Amazon VP would have meant, in effect, signing off on actions I despised,” he wrote. “So I resigned.” We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now