Amazon is suing the attorney general of New
York in a bid to stop her from suing the company
over its coronavirus safety protocols and the
firing of one of its outspoken workers.
In the lawsuit filed in Brooklyn federal court,
Amazon said Attorney General Letitia James
overstepped her authority by trying to regulate
coronavirus safety protocols at its warehouse in
New York’s Staten Island borough.
The company said James threatened to sue if
Amazon didn’t agree to her list of demands,
including rehiring the worker, Christian Smalls,
and paying him and another fired worker large
sums of money.
James said that she will continue to review her
legal options. In a statement, she called Amazon’s
lawsuit “a sad attempt to distract from the facts
and shirk accountability for its failures to protect
hardworking employees from a deadly virus.”
Amazon defended its COVID-19 safety protocols
in the lawsuit, saying it hired experts, added
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