Last week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Labor Martin Walsh calling for a full investigation into Amazon’s labor practices.
The full text of the letter is below.
Dear Secretary Walsh:
We write to urge you to investigate Amazon.com, Inc.’s (Amazon) labor practices. In your role, you oversee many of the investigative and enforcement authorities provided under federal labor and employment law. We ask you to use these authorities to ensure that Amazon is treating its workers fairly and with dignity, in accordance with the law.
Recent reports have brought to light troubling working conditions at Amazon that suggest improper treatment of its employees, to the detriment of workers and families across the country. While U.S. labor and employment laws should always be vigorously upheld, Amazon’s size and scope necessitate particular scrutiny by federal regulators when widespread and credible allegations of labor and employment law violations surface.
Recent reports by the New York Times and other media outlets have documented concerning allegations by Amazon employees of mismanagement of benefits and pay, as well as grueling hours and a general lack of responsiveness to employee concerns due to highly automated management practices. Reporting has also suggested a lack of understanding and adherence to state labor laws, creating confusion for workers and alleged wrongful termination.
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