(NEW YORK, NY) – Today, Stuart Appelbaum, President of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) issued the following statement on the leaked Amazon memo designed to smear a fired warehouse organizer. 

“Amazon’s behavior is disgusting! Rather than focusing on trying to fix the serious COVID-19 safety issues which threaten their own employees, they choose instead to smear the courageous whistle-blower.” 

The memo, was written and distributed across the company by Amazon’s General Counsel David Zapolsky.

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