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Three US House Democrats seek documents from Amazon on labor practices

Friday, 01 April 2022 4:11 PM [ Last Update: Friday, 01 April 2022 4:11 PM ]

An employee scans packages at Amazon's JFK8 distribution center in Staten Island, New York, US, on November 25, 2020. (Reuters photo)

Three US Democratic congressmen have asked Amazon.com to turn over documents detailing the US Company’s labor practices, especially during severe weather.

"We are concerned by recent reports that Amazon may be putting the health and safety of its workers at risk, including by requiring them to work in dangerous conditions during tornadoes, hurricanes, and other extreme weather," Representatives Carolyn Maloney, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Cori Bush, wrote on Friday, Reuters reported.

The lawmakers, including the chair of the US Oversight Committee, want Amazon to provide documents detailing terminations or disciplinary actions against employees or contractors at the Amazon facilities in a number of locations by April 14.

On February 24, a group of Amazon.com Inc workers filed a charge with US labor regulators after a high-profile organizer and a pair of employees were arrested outside a company warehouse.

Amazon accused of violating US labor law after union supporters' arrests

A group of Amazon.com Inc workers seeking to form a union in New York filed a charge with US labor regulators on Thursday after a high-profile organizer and a pair of employees were arrested outside a company warehouse.

Amazon organizer Christian Smalls told Reuters he was arrested when he delivered warehouse workers food as part of the union campaign he is leading.

A group of workers known as the Amazon Labor Union filed the unfair labor practice charge claiming Amazon violated a settlement reached with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in December.

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