NEWS: New York City to probe Amazon firing of warehouse worker
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Amazon denied wrongdoing, saying it fired the worker because he threatened the safety of others.
The focus of the dispute was Monday's strike by 15 workers at the Amazon warehouse on Staten Island, New York, as workers at the plant were concerned about reports of coronavirus cases.
Derabrasio said he had ordered the city's Human Rights Commission to investigate allegations that the worker had been fired after a coronavirus outbreak caused health and safety problems.
"The accusation was made because he spoke up for the safety of his fired colleagues," de Blasio said at a news conference on coronavirus "If so, it would violate our urban human rights law. We will act immediately. "
Amazon, the world's largest online retailer, said that smalls did not comply with the company's requirement that he stay at home for 14 days with pay because he was in close contact with a person who had detected a positive for covid-19, a virus caused disease.