Amazon is asking a court to block New York’s attorney general from bringing a case against it over workplace safety or the firing of employees who protested its coronavirus response.
In a filing in the Eastern District Court of New York, the e-commerce giant argued that the health and safety of its workers is out of Attorney General Letitia James’s purview.
“More fundamental than applying an inconsistent and incorrect standard, the OAG lacks the legal authority it purports to wield against Amazon,” the filing reads.
James’s office has threatened legal action against Amazon for both its handling of the coronavirus pandemic and the firing of Chris Smalls, who led an employee protest at the company’s Staten Island facility after a co-worker tested positive.
Amazon argued in Friday’s lawsuit that its safety protocols have gone above and beyond requirements to protect its workers from COVID-19, touting a $800 million investment in safety measures during the first half of 2020.
Read more at The Hill.
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How can Amazon have “standing” when there has been no legal action yet against it? The court has to see exactly what approach (if any) and arguments the Attorney General files before the court could possible rule on its legitimacy. And certainly there is no place for the Amazon to demand that he Attorney General show her hand before she does anything. And