Amazon employees allege intimidation after speaking in favor of data center regulations
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Amazon employees who spoke in favor of data center regulations during a Seattle City Council public comment session say they were interrogated by the company afterward. An employee advocacy group accuses Amazon of intimidating workers who supported a one-year moratorium on large-scale data centers in Seattle. Employees reported being called into meetings and made to feel they had committed a crime, despite citing city laws that protect workers from retaliation for public testimony.
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Amazon employees who spoke publicly in favor of data center regulations say they were called into meetings and made to feel like they had committed a crime
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