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Source: Vice
Subject: Amazon
Type: Media Coverage

The Amazon Labor Union Took On America’s Most Powerful Company—and Won

“​​I would be surprised if they don’t challenge it,” said Frank Kearl, a staff attorney at Make the Road New York who represented an ALU organizer who was fired during a 2020 walkout. “This is a company that challenges unemployment insurance applications for people who got fired because they needed to use the bathroom too much because they were pregnant. For them, time is also a weapon and they can delay the certification of the results. They can delay the negotiating process. They can delay, delay, delay.”