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Amazon fired a worker who organized a walkout at a New York warehouse to demand greater protection against the new coronavirus, saying the employee himself flouted distancing rules and put others at risk. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio ordered the city’s Commission of Human Right to investigate whether the dismissal was retaliatory. New York Attorney General Letitia James called on the National Labor Relations Board to investigate and said her office is also considering legal options. […] Amazon said the worker, Christian Smalls, received several warnings for violating social distancing guidelines. Amazon said Smalls showed up at the...

The Army will name its newest transport ship for South Carolinian Robert Smalls, an African-American Civil War hero. The Major General Robert Smalls will be the first Army vessel to honor an African-American and a Civil War hero, the Army said Friday.The vessel, under construction at VT Halter Marine Inc. in Pascagoula, Miss., will be christened in April. The $25 million ship will be 314 feet long and 60 feet wide, and carry up to 2,000 tons.In April 1862, Smalls was a 23-year-old slave pilot when he commandeered a Confederate transport steamer, the Planter. Smalls sailed the ship, loaded with...