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1. dehrma+(OP)[view] [source] 2020-03-31 16:12:37
If it was actually on-site, yes, Amazon did the right thing. If it was by the street--somewhere any member of the public has free speech--no, but assuming he was exposed to SARS-CoV-2, going out in public is pretty messed up, and pretty hypocritical.
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2. bpodgu+Z[view] [source] 2020-03-31 16:16:30
>>dehrma+(OP)
It's generally legal to fire employees for "free speech" activities done outside the workplace.

More morally hazardous of course, but I don't think anyone would really even challenge the cause here (it's trivially easy to argue that this behavior shows they would endanger workers within the workplace as well).

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3. ForHac+r4[view] [source] [discussion] 2020-03-31 16:31:48
>>bpodgu+Z
Even in the United States, it's typically illegal to retaliate against employees for organizing: https://www.workplacefairness.org/unions-retaliation
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4. sudosy+2D[view] [source] [discussion] 2020-03-31 19:25:43
>>bpodgu+Z
Except if that free speech is an attempt to organize.
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