"Taxpayer dollars should not go to companies like Amazon and multi-billionaires like Jeff Bezos who repeatedly break the law."
Sen. Bernie Sanders demanded Tuesday that President Joe Biden cancel Amazon's federal contracts over the e-commerce giant's aggressive and unlawful union-busting efforts in New York, Alabama, and elsewhere, a call that came as union voting kicked off at a second Amazon facility in Staten Island.
"Since 2004, Amazon has received thousands of federal contracts worth billions of dollars."
In a letter to Biden, Sanders (I-Vt.) pointed to the president's campaign promise to "institute a multi-year federal debarment for all employers who illegally oppose unions" and "ensure federal contracts only go to employers who sign neutrality agreements committing not to run anti-union campaigns."
"The essence of your plan for strengthening union organizing was to make sure that federal dollars do not flow into the hands of unscrupulous employers who engage in union-busting, participate in wage theft, or violate labor law," the Vermont senator wrote. "In order to implement that plan, I urge you to sign an executive order preventing companies that violate federal labor laws from contracting with the federal government."
"As you may know, Amazon, one of the largest and most profitable corporations in America, is the poster child as to why this anti-union busting executive order is needed now more than ever," Sanders added.
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