New York state attorney general Letitia James is threatening to sue Amazon after the online retail giant fired a warehouse worker for organizing a day-long strike amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Chris Smalls told CNN that he organized a walkout at Amazon’s Staten Island warehouse, also known as JFK8, to push the company to close the facility after a co-worker tested positive for COVID-19 last week. Smalls said he and up to 200 others were planning to cease all operations until the building is closed and sanitized, and for the workers to be paid during the cleaning.

According to Newsweek, Amazon says it fired Smalls for refusing to adhere to social distancing guidelines and for not self-isolating despite his contact with the worker who had tested positive. The company said he was asked to stay home on paid sick leave, and denied it was retaliating for the strike.

AG James said Monday night that she’s considering legal action against Amazon and called on the National Labor Relations Board to investigate.

“In this midst of a pandemic, Chris Smalls & his colleagues bravely protested the lack of precautions that @amazon employed to protect them from #COVID19. Then he was fired," James wrote on Twitter. “Amazon, this is disgraceful.”

James elaborated in a statement that “the right to organize is codified into law, and any retaliatory action by management related thereto is strictly prohibited."

Business Insider reports Amazon has been criticized for health and workplace safety concerns after cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in at least 11 of its warehouses in the U.S. and Europe.

The company has instructed office staff to work from home while implementing additional cleaning and social distancing rules at its warehouses. At the same time, Amazon said it would hire 100,000 more workers to keep with demand as stay-at-home orders have led to an increase in online shopping and deliveries.

An Amazon spokesperson said Sunday that the company’s top priority is the health and safety of its employees.

The e-commerce giant “recently implemented daily temperature screenings in our operations sites as an additional preventative measure to support the health and safety of our customers and employees," a statement said.

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