The letter, addressed to Chief Executive Jeff Bezos, adds to public scrutiny Amazon is facing over the dismissal, at a time when the company is racing to update safety protocols, keep warehouses open and ship essential goods to shoppers who are shut indoors.Amazon employee Christian Smalls came to the company’s Staten Island, New York, warehouse on March 30 for a small protest he helped organize, which in part called for the site’s closure. Workers feared infection after a colleague had fallen ill to the novel coronavirus, cases of which have now been reported among staff at more than 50 Amazon warehouses, according to the New York Times.The virus has infected more than 1.4 million people globally.
Amazon said it fired Smalls, who had contact with the virus patient, after he v…
But messages from friends asking him to join their group purchases of fruits at bargain prices on the website Pinduoduo finally persuaded him to open an account there. “It’s mainly because my friends said the items there are cheap,” he said.”So I’ve started using Pinduoduo more to buy fruits and snacks.”
Started four years ago by a former Google engineer, Pinduoduo has become one of China’s biggest retail disruptors, breaking the dominance of Alibaba and JD.com by persuading users like Wu, who live in China’s smaller cities, to start shopping online.Alibaba and JD.com have for years tried to unleash rural China’s spending power, teaching residents how to use their online platforms and using drones for deliveries to remote spots, with mixed results.But the success of Pinduoduo’s mo…