Home » Industrial relations » National industrial relations » United States: one of Amazon’s leading activists takes up the cause of essential workers United States: one of Amazon’s leading activists takes up the cause of essential workers Chris Smalls, who sees himself as "the whistleblower fired by Amazon" for demanding more protection from Covid-19, is creating his own defense movement called The Congress Essential Workers to help ‘essential workers’ at Amazon and other companies, supermarkets, hypermarkets, and e-commerce companies that have been maintaining activity during the coronavirus pandemic. Through . Published on 13 May 2020 à 12h40 - Update on 25 May 2020 à 9h00 Resources Chris Smalls, who had been working at Amazon since 2015, found himself in the spotlight when he organized a work stoppage at his Staten Island warehouse in a bid for better protection and compensation for Amazon warehouse employees.… Managing the fallout of Covid-19 Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst name Last name Organization Function email* Object of the message Your messagePhoneThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Les dernières publications Supporting parenthood in the workplace: a win-win strategy Supporting employee carers: a CSR challenge Analyzes Les dernières publications Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels