Biden, Jay Carney, Amazon and Bezos

"Amazon executives denigrated a fired warehouse worker as “not smart or articulate” in a meeting with Jeff Bezos, according to a leaked memo obtained by Vice News.

Chris Smalls, who had worked for Amazon for five years, was fired shortly after he helped organize a work stoppage at the company’s warehouse on Staten Island, New York, in protest over a lack of protective gear and hazard pay for employees. Amazon claims it fired Smalls for “violating social distancing guidelines and putting the safety of others at risk”.

Amazon’s general counsel, David Zapolsky, in notes from a meeting of top executives obtained by Vice, wrote:

 “He’s not smart, or articulate, and to the extent the press wants to focus on us versus him, we will be in a much stronger PR position than simply explaining for the umpteenth time how we’re trying to protect workers.”

The meeting is held daily to brief Bezos, the chief executive, on issues related to the coronavirus pandemic.

 Jay Carney, Amazon’s senior vice-president of corporate affairs, described it on CNN as a “brainstorming” meeting"
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"James "Jay" Carney (born May 22, 1965) is the former White House press secretary to President Barack Obama.

 He served as press secretary from January 2011 through June 2014. For the first two years of Obama’s presidency, Carney was director of communications for Vice President Joe Biden. "

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Carney


"Carney has been the senior vice president of global corporate affairs at Amazon since March 2, 2015. He oversees public policy and public relations for all of Amazon’s businesses around the world and reports to CEO and founder Jeff Bezos."

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/02/dear-jeff-bezos-amazon-instead-of-firing-me-protect-your-workers-from-coronavirus

"Dear Jeff Bezos, instead of firing me, protect your workers from coronavirus"

Chris Smalls