On May 22, a regional director for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) filed a new complaint against Amazon. The complaint alleges several supposed violations of labor law, but interestingly also accuses Amazon’s CEO, Andy Jassy, of making “anti-union” comments.
The comments in question were made during a live interview during the New York Times DealBook Summit in November of 2022. According to the complaint, Jassy stated that union representation would make workers less empowered and make it harder to have direct relationships with managers. This is fairly benign stuff, and there is certainly some truth to these statements, which reflect the fact that unions act as a third party between workers and management, and have exclusive rights to negotiate wages and working conditions for all employees in a bargaining unit. It’s a far cry from what the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) is meant to deter, such as threats to fire workers who support a union, eliminate jobs if a union is elected, or cut wages and benefits.
Nonetheless, it’s the second time the NLRB has filed a complaint against Jassy for exercising free speech rights. Even worse, it follows a long trail of the agency, and its General Counsel, engaging in a concerted campaign to suppress free speech:
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