Amazon Could Face Claims by US Agency Over Union Supporter’s Firing

Amazon Could Face Claims by US Agency Over Union Supporter’s Firing
The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics center in Boves, France, on Aug. 8, 2018. Pascal Rossignol/Reuters
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Amazon.com Inc. may soon face claims from a U.S. labor board that it unlawfully fired a vocal union supporter at a New York warehouse in the midst of an organizing campaign.

A National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) official in Brooklyn recently found that claims involving the worker, Daequan Smith, had merit and plans to issue a complaint against Amazon unless the company settles the case, board spokeswoman Kayla Blado said in an email on Friday.