Political Quotes

“Mr. President, on Friday, Amazon, one of the world's largest corporations, successfully crushed the most recent union drive at one of their warehouses, where workers were organizing for a voice on the job. Let's be clear: This was never a fair fight. Amazon is perhaps the world's most powerful corporation. It would not be raking in profits without the hard work and dedication of its hundreds--hundreds of thousands of American workers. Yet Amazon unleashed all that corporate power to fight those same workers. They harassed employees with anti-union propaganda. They sent misleading text messages, websites, and fliers. Workers reported they didn't even get enough time for bathroom breaks in the warehouse. That is how intense the company's pressure is. And yet, when they are able to use the bathroom during this union fight, even there workers are hit with anti-union propaganda fliers on the stall doors. Amazon demanded the U.S. Postal Service install a mailbox onsite at the warehouse so they could monitor employees mailing their union election ballots. It is all part of a pattern for Amazon. In 2019, Amazon fired a Staten Island warehouse worker who called for unionization. Amazon monitors employees' online communications. Last fall we learned the company planned to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars for new software to monitor ``threats'' like unions. Amazon isn't alone. This union busting is standard operating procedure for most companies.…”