The worker behind a campaign to unionize one of Amazon’s largest warehouses in North Carolina was fired from the facility last week following an internal investigation into his conduct.
On Dec. 3, Amazon notified Ryan Brown of his immediate termination from RDU1, a 2 million-square-foot fulfillment center in Garner.
Brown, 43, had been an item packer since the Wake County site opened four years ago. In January 2022, he cofounded Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity and Empowerment, or CAUSE, an independent organization focused on unionizing the RDU workforce. Brown says Amazon’s pandemic safety response inspired him to start the group, which now calls on the company to provide $30-an-hour minimum starting wages and give workers full-hour paid breaks during shifts, which can last more than 10 hours…