Amazon rehires employee who was fired for missing 1-hour of work to visit dying relative

Woman in Sacremnto originally lost her job after taking too much unpaid time off when her mother-in-law was dying.

sparked outrage at Amazon's delivery center

"While Amazon is a trillion dollar company run by the richest man in the world, permanent part-time employees working 8 hour shifts are only allowed 10 days off a year for any reason," the letter said."This means that every day we use [unpaid time off] for family emergencies, sickness, or vacation, we are one step closer to termination."

"Before our petition, Sandra had spent countless hours talking to Human Resources by phone and email to try and save her job," AUS said in a statement on Facebook.

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