Amazon Tries to Shut Down Climate Speech:
Amazon has threatened to fire some employees who are continuing to speak out on climate change, an employee activist group said Thursday.
Amazon Employees For Climate Justice posted a statement on Twitter saying that several of its members had been contacted by representatives from human resources about speaking out on climate in relation to the company's external communication policy.
The Washington Post reports that a lawyer for Amazon sent an email to two employees quoted in an October Post story on Amazon and climate action, advising them that further "violation" of the policy could "result in formal corrective action, up to and including termination of your employment with Amazon."
One of the threatened employees, Maren Costa, said "This is not the time to shoot the messengers."
Amazon Employees for Climate Justice made headlines last year after thousands of employees signed an open letter criticizing the company's lack of action on climate while it courted the oil and gas industry.
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