Amazon supervisor fired lesbian after she complained about harassment. She's suing for retaliation. - LGBTQ Nation

A lesbian Amazon worker sought legal relief after reporting homophobic slurs and threats from Flex drivers while working in a dispatch department at a Michigan fulfillment center in 2022. She alleged intense harassment, including being called derogatory terms and receiving threats, and she kept records of the abuse on her phone. She reported three incidents to supervisors, including one after a request about parking, another after a request about moving packages, and a third involving repeated offensive homophobic language. She was fired in December 2022 for insubordination. A federal district court allowed only the retaliation claim to proceed, while other claims did not move forward.

"Mollie Williams said in her suit that Amazon subjected her not only to retaliation after she complained about being targeted with homophobic slurs by other Amazon workers, but that the company created the hostile work environment that encouraged it, and she received "disparate treatment" in the aftermath. She was fired for insubordination in December 2022. The court ruled that only the retaliation claim could proceed, legal site reports. The alleged harassment that sparked the suit occurred while Williams worked in the dispatch department at a Michigan fulfillment center in 2022."

"She testified that while working there, she suffered "intense" harassment from Flex drivers, contracted employees who pick up and deliver packages to recipients for Amazon. The drivers would call her homophobic slurs "maybe once or twice a week," she said, and make other threats to her. She kept a record of the abuse on her phone's Notes app. She reported three of the incidents to supervisors."

"The first followed Williams' request to a driver to not park in a particular area in the warehouse. He swore at her, calling her "dyke bitch," Williams testified. In another incident, Williams asked a driver to move packages that were spread around the warehouse floor. He responded by calling her a "dyke" and "bulldaggers," and told her he thought she was a man. He threatened to kill her, Williams said."

"In the third instance, a female driver started cursing at Williams and "repeated offensive homophobic derogatory words" to her for "no real reason," as Williams described the incident in a written complaint to management. She told the court that she resp"

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