Misplaced Pages

Emily Cunningham: Difference between revisions

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Next edit →Content deleted Content addedVisualWikitext
Revision as of 01:48, 12 March 2022 edit SquareInARoundHole (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users2,095 edits Started initial article WP:ABOUTSELF for early life and education from Cunningham's blog and LinkedIn onlyTags: citing a blog or free web host Visual editNext edit →
(No difference)

Revision as of 01:48, 12 March 2022

Emily Cunningham
OccupationUser experience designer
Known forEnvironmental activism
Notable workAmazon Employees For Climate Justice

Emily Cunningham is an American user experience designer and environmentalist. She is known for co-founding Amazon Employees For Climate Justice and for being illegally terminated by her former employer, Amazon.

Early life and education

Cunningham was born in Tucson, Arizona and grew up in various cities around Arizona between Tucson, Phoenix, and Globe. She moved to Seattle, Washington in 1998.

Cunningham has a Bachelor of Arts in sociology and a Master of Science in information management.

Activism at Amazon

Cunningham joined Amazon as a user experience designer in 2013.

Cunningham was terminated in April 2020 and filed an unlawful termination charge with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The NLRB determined that Cunningham's termination was unlawful. Amazon denied any wrongdoing, but reached a settlement with Cunningham and the NLRB. Amazon was required to pay back wages and post notices in offices and warehouses informing employees that the company is not allowed to discharge employees for organizing.

References

  1. "About". Corazon y Mente. 2010-04-03. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  2. "Emily Cunningham". LinkedIn. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  3. Weise, Karen (2019-04-10). "Over 4,200 Amazon Workers Push for Climate Change Action, Including Cutting Some Ties to Big Oil". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  4. Weise, Karen (2021-04-05). "Amazon Illegally Fired Activist Workers, Labor Board Finds". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  5. Weise, Karen (2021-09-29). "Amazon settles with activist workers who say they were illegally fired". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  6. Bhuiyan, Johana (2021-10-09). "'Welcome to the party': five past tech whistleblowers on the pitfalls of speaking out". The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
Categories: