Shoshy Ciment/Business Insider People are calling for a boycott of Trader Joe's after an employee said he was fired. Ben Bonnema said he had asked the company to do more to protect its workers from COVID-19. Bonnema shared his termination letter on Twitter, and it went viral. Trader Joe's is facing calls for a boycott after firing an employee in New York. Ben Bonnema said on Twitter on Friday that he was fired from his job at the Trader Joe's on the Upper West Side after he asked the company to better protect its workers against the coronavirus. Bonnema shared the letter he had sent to the grocery chain's CEO in which he requested five COVID-19-related changes, including stricter mask requirements, enhanced store filtration, and a "three strike policy" for dealing with uncooperative shoppers.