Amazon has settled with former employees who said they were fired for their activism, $4 reported.- The
NLRB had found that Amazon illegally fired the employees, Maren Costa and Emily Cunningham. - The settlement lets Amazon avoid a trial and exposing its
labor practices to greater scrutiny.
Amazon has reached a settlement with two former employees who the National Labor Relations Board found were illegally fired for publicly criticizing the company's labor practices and impact on the climate, $4 reported.
The terms of the settlement weren't disclosed, according to CNBC.
The employees, Maren Costa and Emily Cunningham, filed a complaint to the NLRB last October, accusing Amazon of violating labor laws by firing them in April 2020.
This April, the NLRB found that $4 by firing Costa and Cunningham.
NLRB administrative law judge John Giannopoulos announced the settlement at a virtual hearing Wednesday where he was expected to review the agency's formal complaint accusing Amazon of unfair labor practice violations.
By reaching a settlement, Amazon avoids a trial where witness testimony and other evidence could have put the company's labor practices under the spotlight.
Amazon did not respond to a request for comment on this story.
Costa and Cunningham had worked for 15 years at Amazon's corporate headquarters in Seattle and were members of the group
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