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Business Matters: Amazon vice-president resigns over firings

Amazon vice-president resigns over firings

05/05/2020 GMT

BBC World Service - Business Matters, Amazon vice-president resigns over firings

A vice president at Amazon has quit after Amazon fired workers over safety complaints.

A senior manager at Amazon has quit after Amazon fired workers over safety complaints; we hear more from Kim Lyons from the Verge website. We take an in-depth look at the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the global advertising sector, including an interview with Sir Martin Sorrell who founded WPP, one of the world's biggest ad agencies. It's just been announced that the US and UK will formally start trade talks; we hear from the BBC's global trade correspondent, Dharshini David. Jonathan Head reports on how coronavirus has affected Thailand's tourism industry and our regular workplace commentator Pilita Clark considers the positive and negative impacts working from home is having on couples who live together. And we're joined throughout the programme by Peter Morici, Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland and in Hong Kong, we're joined by Rachel Cartland, author of the Paper Tigress. (Picture of Amazon fulfilment centre via Getty Images)

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