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Amazon Fired a Disabled Union Organizer Under Suspicious Circumstances

Amazon fired Amazon Labor Union co-founder Jordan Flowers

Amazon has been targeting union supporters and workers with disabilities and illnesses, firing both groups en masse. The company just fired Amazon Labor Union co-founder Jordan Flowers, who needs dialysis and will require a kidney transplant. Now, he faces pricey medical bills with no health insurance.

“They’d rather terminate them to save money instead of paying these workers that need help,” Flowers told More Perfect Union. Amazon has fired a number of workers facing serious illnesses, injuries, or disabilities under suspicious circumstances. Watch our video coverage of the circumstances surrounding Flowers’ firing.