He was fired by Amazon 2 years ago. Now he’s the force behind the company’s 1st union
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Union; Amazon; Chris Smalls
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Smalls had led a walkout at the start of the pandemic in 2020 to protest working conditions at the Staten Island, N.Y., warehouse where he worked. He was fired the same day.
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https://www.npr.org/2022/04/02/1090353185/amazon-union-chris-smalls-organizer-staten-island
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