Amazon workers who testified against AI data centers say they were intimidated by the company, monitored at work — employees face possible termination for violating company policy, speaking as repres…
2 days ago by sanitation to c/technology
And lose your healthcare and more. Nice to always have that hanging over you.
As someone who worked for Amazon for 3 months before they unjustly fired me, I can confirm
Nah, it wasn't for testifying against data centers, it was (probably) to save money after they no longer needed me. Basically, I worked at the Amazon warehouse in late 2024. To the detriment of my physical and mental well-being, I endured everything they threw at me, hoping to move up the ladder one day, but they apparently chose to stab me in the back at the very start of 2025. They just suddenly fired me out of the blue with no clear explanation. I didn't even find out until I tried to show up to work the next week and wondered why my badge wasn't working. During my appeal, I found that they claim that I didn't show up on 3 days that I hadn't been paid for yet. The manager promised to review the security footage to settle my dispute, but it appears he never did, as they ultimately denied my request—which means its impossible for him to have actually do so given that I am positive I was present on those days. I can't fight it in court since I didn't have the foresight to collect evidence to defend myself, so they hold all the cards and could just alter them to win. I have never forgiven Amazon and have boycotted them ever since, I even refuse to use Twitch because my grudge against Amazon isn't just a moral one, but a personal one. And no, I never got paid for the days they claimed I didn't show up for, so they got 36 hours of my labor for free (we were doing mandatory overtime for the holidays). So, when this article claims that they fire people who testified against data centers, I 100% believe it.
It might be a little too late for that since it was over a year ago, though I could be wrong
I'm.confused. please help me understand. You say they can just alter stuff to win I'm sure a law firm with enough money can add still make a case and I have some ideas on how that would work.
I thought this is what Discovery is for. But IANAL
However, I might be willing to give you a small interest free loan to get as much evidence, tampered or not from them. If you win millions I would really like a modest apartment each for me and my brother. Send me a DM if interested. I don't have much but I would love to contribute to anything that may help you and everyone else have at least waste Amazon's time in court, and also just for the record show that people have to continually fight for their rights if they work for Amazon. The more cases against them, win or fail, the more there is on the record, and evidence already used in a court available for everyone else to utilize. And it's only a matter of time before they get caught manipulating evidence, if you don't win now, you may be able to reopen the case in 20 years when new practices to detect altered documents exists.
This is long term planning, and if it's only a cost that is keeping you from dragging them to court for your rights then I would love to help pull these fuckers down. I don't care if it's a rediculously small chance to do real consequences to Amazon now or in 20 years. That's how you fight immortal Jotun, over time or just get lucky
Well, it wasn't just cost at the time. Long story short, around the same time, I thought that I might have to become a criminal to supply my sister with HRT since I knew that Project 2025 wanted to ban all trans affirming care. So I decided to not fight it for my sister's sake. Looking back, I think I vastly overestimated how fast they could do that though. Anyway, I would be shocked if any evidence is left though considering it was over a year ago, they might have scrubbed all the security footage and records by now
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