Former Amazon employees, Emily Cunningham and Maren Costa, stated that Amazon has agreed to pay them back wages and must also inform all of its tech and warehouse workers nationwide that workers cannot be fired for organizing and exercising their rights. The two women described the settlement as a victory for protecting workers' rights. They claim they were terminated last year for advocating for climate change action and better treatment of warehouse employees. Amazon has argued that the former employees violated company policies. Amazon spokesperson Jose Negrete announced on Wednesday that a mutual agreement has been reached to settle the legal issues in the case. This settlement comes at a critical time for Amazon, as the company aims to be a top employer and is in need of hiring thousands of new employees. Cunningham and Costa, who were part of a group advocating for climate action within Amazon, helped form Amazon Employees for Climate Justice and garnered support from over 8,700 colleagues. Over time, Cunningham and Costa expanded their protests by organizing 400 employees to speak out against Amazon's external-communications policy. Despite Amazon informing them that they had violated the policy by publicly discussing the business, the group purposely disobeyed to make a statement. During the pandemic, they planned an event for warehouse workers to address workplace safety conditions to tech employees. Subsequently, Amazon terminated both women. Sen Elizabeth Warren voiced worries about potential retaliation to Amazon, and Tim Bray, a former vice president at Amazon's cloud computing group and internet pioneer, resigned in protest. This spring, attorneys from the National Labor Relations Board determined that Costa and Cunningham were terminated in retaliation for their organizing efforts. The NLRB's Seattle office filed a case against Amazon, alleging that the company unfairly enforced its policies to limit employees' protected activities. The hearing was postponed as the parties negotiated a settlement. This case is just one of several disputes Amazon has had with the labor board during the pandemic. In a notable incident, a hearing officer recommended that the NLRB invalidate a union election at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama, citing interference with fair voting conditions. Amazon denies any wrongdoing and plans to appeal if the regional labor board office agrees to overturn the election results.