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by pergadad 2264 days ago
No, at most it sounds like retaliation.

They did not follow health guidelines until the person complained and then they still don't follow them but instead claim to follow them. Why just claim? After the 14 day phase the guidelines don't suggest any quarantines unless people show symptoms.
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rumanator 2264 days ago
> No, at most it sounds like retaliation.

Full paid leave is not what most people in the US would call retaliation, particularly in the case of a warehouse worker.

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throwaway2048 2263 days ago
The retaliation part is where they got fired.
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jaywalk 2263 days ago
He got fired for showing up to work when he was told to stay home.
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lonelappde 2263 days ago
And if we was told to stay home because to prevent unionizing, that's retaliation. Intent matters in law.
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rumanator 2263 days ago
> And if we was told to stay home because to prevent unionizing,

But the worker was placed on a 15 day paid leave to self quarantine because he stated he had direct contact with someone infected with covid19.

And then he not only broke his quarantine but also made it his point to go to work, potentially risking his colleagues.

Even if you argue that he did't carried covid19, that action is not justifiable, neither safety-wise nor legaly-wise.

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throwaway2048 2263 days ago
over and over in this thread you have been repeatedly told that amazon waited well over 2 weeks to "quarantine" him (and only him, nobody else that was exposed) despite knowing he was exposed (and also did not tell him).

Yet in every post you make, you continue to misrepresent the situation.

You are being hugely dishonest

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sudosysgen 2263 days ago
So what's your solution then, companies can just tell employees to stay home for no valid when they try to plan a strike or organize, and then fire them if they still try to do so?
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jaywalk 2263 days ago
It's unclear whether there was "no valid reason" or not in this case. But if they're paying the employee to stay home (like Amazon was in this case) it's hard for me to see a huge problem.
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sudosysgen 2263 days ago
The issue is that this prevents him from organizing strikes effectively. That is very problematic.
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