“Unfair labor practices” | NLRB: Amazon "unlawfully" terminated employee who organized anti-RTO protests

Amazon “unlawfully disciplined and terminated” a worker who organized walkouts protesting the company’s return-to-work directives, The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has claimed.

The NLRB filed the complaint against the e-commerce giant in Seattle, alleging the former staffer was subject to retaliation.

In February 2023, Amazon announced a new return-to-office (RTO) policy, mandating employees to spend at least three days per week on-site. Prior to the directive, individual teams were free to decide how often their employees would attend the office.

The policy sparked a significant backlash from Amazon employees, with several thousand signing petitions and eventually staging a walkout later in 2023.