FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 2, 2020

Contact: Chelsea Connor | cconnor@rwdsu.org | 347-866-6259

AMAZON MEMO STATEMENT FROM RWDSU PRESIDENT STUART APPELBAUM

(NEW YORK, NY) – Today, Stuart Appelbaum, President of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) issued the following statement on the leaked Amazon memo designed to smear a fired warehouse organizer. 

“Amazon’s behavior is disgusting! Rather than focusing on trying to fix the serious COVID-19 safety issues which threaten their own employees, they choose instead to smear the courageous whistle-blower.” 

The memo, was written and distributed across the company by Amazon’s General Counsel David Zapolsky.

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 The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) represents 100,000 members throughout the United States. The RWDSU is affiliated with the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW). For more information, please visit our website at www.rwdsu.org, Facebook:/RWDSU.UFCW Twitter:@RWDSU.