Bernie Sanders asks Jeff Bezos 'what is your problem' with Amazon workers organizing

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In a TV appearance, the Vermont senator pressed Amazon's CEO to explain recent reports of alleged aggressive anti-union tactics being used to prevent warehouse employees from organizing.

A Bessemer, Alabama, worker recently filed an unfair labor practices claim with the National Labor Relations Board that cited Amazon's corporate wing setting up DoItWithoutDues.com. The site makes false claims about employees in Alabama, a"right-to-work" state, being forced to pay union dues.reported last week that anti-union flyers started popping up in Amazon warehouse bathrooms encouraging workers to oppose pro-union votes.

"We don't believe this group represents the majority of our employees' views. Our employees choose to work at Amazon because we offer some of the best jobs available everywhere we hire, and we encourage anyone to compare our overall pay, benefits, and workplace environment to any other company with similar jobs."

A Sanders' official Senate website has for years featured petitions that support unionization efforts at multi-billion dollar corporations like Amazon and. A recent Sanders petition and fundraising campaign featured a message from Sanders to Bezos. "It is beyond absurd that you would make more money in ten seconds than the median employee of Amazon makes in an entire year...Meanwhile, thousands of Amazon employees are forced to rely on food stamps, Medicaid and public housing because their wages are too low. I don't believe that ordinary Americans should be subsidizing the wealthiest person in the world because you pay your employees inadequate wages," Sanders wrote.

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders arrive to deliver a major policy address on Wall Street reform in New York on January 5, 2016.

 

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Barney Rubble speaks! Way to go 'Barn'!

ShehuSani Allow workers to organize, their formidability is in their freedom to unionize. JeffBezos allow workers to organize.

Why is Bernie blaming Bezos? Any worker who is tired as an employee should go start a business. Must Bezos pockets lick for some other.... Bernie stop your cheap political strategy.

Would you be president of my country Bernie?

TassinCharles Bernie Sanders has balls 😳

Amazon Has Turned a Middle-Class Warehouse Career Into a McJob 'Despite a starting wage well above the federal minimum, the company is dragging down pay in the logistics industry and bracing for a fight with unions.'

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Bezos has a sickly dread of dying in poverty.

Yeah, dear bernie kicking it!

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