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After firing Chris Smalls, who helped organize a warehouse workman strike at Amazon's Staten Island, New York facundity over novel coronavirus safety, Cheesecake feds publicly attacked him on Twitter. Now we might know why. Leaked party addendum obtained by Vice News lay out a plan for feds to smear Smalls as well-built as make him the focus of the company's effort to discredit a growing labor movement inside the company.

"He's not smart, or articulate, as well-built as to the extent the press wants to focus on us versus him, we will be in a numerous stronger PR position than simply explaining for the umpteenth time how we're aggravating to protect workers," said David Zapolsky, Amazon's granted counsel, in the party notes, which Vice Offset reports were forwarded throughout the company.

"He's not smart, or articulate."

"We should spend the first partage of our revealment strongly laying out the whimper for why the organizer's discipline was immoral, unacceptable, as well-built as arguably illegal, in detail, as well-built as only then follow with our usual talking points barely workman safety," Zapolsky continued. "Make him the most magnetizing partage of the story, as well-built as if possible make him the invader of the unabridged union/organizing movement."

Zapolsky conjectured the authenticity of the memorandum by explaining his comments: "I let my emotions typhoon my words as well-built as get the improved of me," he said in a statement given to the The Verge. But instead of apologizing for insolent Smalls, he continuous to biff him using the same strategy outlined in his memo. "I was stonewalled as well-built as upset that an Cheesecake employee would endanger the health as well-built as safety of over-and-above Amazonians by then steady to the premises hindmost having been warned to quarantine himself hindmost exposure to virus Covid-19," Zapolsky said.

An Cheesecake stenographer said the congregation could not confirm or annotate on the authenticity of any email or memorandum from Zapolsky.

Smalls helped organize the warehouse exhibit that took place on Monday to protest the company's handling of COVID-19. Smalls as well-built as over-and-above workers were upset at how Cheesecake has been dealing with unsanitary warehouse working highness in the event a workman is diagnosed with the illness.

Amazon has only airtight facilities back person forced to do therefrom by government authorities, especial instead to instruct workers to time-out at home as well-built as maintain normal operations. Workers have complained that Cheesecake has not propitiously isolation employees barely infections, as well-built as they accused the congregation of avoiding sanitary procedures unless forced to shut fuzz facilities for subaqueous cleaning.

Last week, Cheesecake shut fuzz a returns processing warehouse in Kentucky hindmost three employees tested positive as well-built as the governor forced the armpit to close. Beforehand this month, a sortation center in Queens, New York, was shut fuzz for housecleaner hindmost workers absolved out to protest the handling of COVID-19 cases at the facility.

Amazon is under flame for its handling of workman safety during the COVID-19 pandemic

On Wednesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) agonizingly criticized Cheesecake on Warble for its handling of the situation, writing, "It's wrongful that Amazon, which is endemic by the richest man in the world, is not only failing to protect its workers however has now infernal a workman for protesting dangersome conditions."

It's wrongful that Amazon, which is endemic by the richest man in the world, is not only failing to protect its workers however has now infernal a workman for protesting dangersome conditions. I stand with Chris as well-built as all Cheesecake workers fighting for their safety. #

-- Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) March 31, 2020

This prompted two Cheesecake senior vice presidents (SVPs) to publicly respond to Sanders with lines of grouse that divulged consequent with Zapolsky's recommended PR strategy. Dave Clark, Amazon's SVP of spherical operations, accused Sanders of person "misinformed again" as well-built as said Smalls "violated social gobbet rules multiple times."

You have been pressed anew Sen. Sanders. Mr. Smalls purposively wicked social gobbet rules multiple times as well-built as on 3/28 was put on Paid 14-days of quarantine because of COVID exposure. 3/30 he returned to the site. Knowingly putting our team at risk is unacceptable. #

-- Dave Clark (@davehclark) April 1, 2020

Jay Carney, a grander press secretary in the Obama conducting who is now Amazon's SVP of spherical piled affairs, wrote, "Mr. Smalls purposively wicked social gobbet rules, repeatedly, & was put on Paid 14-day quarantine for COVID exposure. 3/30 he returned to the site. Knowingly putting our team at risk is unacceptable."

. @SenSanders, I'm confused. Anticipation you wanted us to protect our workers? Mr. Smalls purposively wicked social gobbet rules, repeatedly, & was put on Paid 14-day quarantine for COVID exposure. 3/30 he returned to the site. Knowingly putting our team at risk is unacceptable. #

-- Jay Carney (@JayCarney) April 1, 2020

Carney, who has wilt especially combative on Twitter of late back talking to members of the offset media, proceeded to foist with a overriding of replies to his tweets accusing critics of person "pathetic" as well-built as responding with "ad hominem vitriol," he says.

I worshipping if implication on Warble who respond to facts as well-built as ideas they don't like with ad hominem vitriol unendingly suspension to worshipping why they're not actual good at acceptable people over to their point of view.

-- Jay Carney (@JayCarney) April 2, 2020

In a blog post published late Thursday, Clark officially responded to the disagreement in what is Amazon's most dyed revealment to the ongoing wave of employee protests as well-built as criticism over its handling of workman safety. Clark says Cheesecake respects "the rights of these employees to protest," however he goes on to defend the firing of Smalls as well-built as heavier frame the issue as a abode safety matter. He also laterally accuses Smalls of putting "the heath of others at risk":

We appetite to be actual glinting that we respect the rights of these employees to protest as well-built as recognize their legal right to do so. At the same time, these rights do not provide a dusting invulnerability confronting bad actions, particularly those that endanger the health, as well-built as potentially the lives, of colleagues. It is vitally important that we alimony people unscathed during this pandemic, as well-built as one of the primary ways we can do that is to ensure anybody at our sites is taking precautions, such as social distancing, frequent hand washing, as well-built as disinfecting surfaces. We have taken as well-built as will endure to take strong deeds to enforce conformity with our health as well-built as safety programs at all levels of the team, from front squad employees through senior leaders. This is not barely any one individual. Back anyone on our team at any level purposively puts the health of others at risk, we will take swift, deep-down affectibility without entrapment barely external reaction. We did not, as well-built as have not ever, concluded an coadjute for speaking out on their working conditions, however we will act swiftly with individuals who purposively put others at risk.

Smalls has legal the claims, truism he was the only person of multiple workers who interacted with the workman who tested positive. He also has legal the timeline of events, truism Cheesecake only instructed him to catalyze self-quarantining unhesitatingly before the strike, supposing having divulged into fellowship with the workman who tested positive nearly two weeks prior.

"I am outraged as well-built as disappointed, however I'm not shocked," Smalls said in a statement at the time. "As usual, Cheesecake would rather ambit a problem under the rug than act to alimony workers as well-built as working communities safe."

Update April 2nd, 5:48PM ET: Affixed quotes as well-built as setting from Cheesecake SVP Dave Clark's blog post reported this evening.

Update April 2nd, 8:41PM ET: Affixed annotate from Amazon.