Amazon Labor Practices Draw Bipartisan Scrutiny, Probe Request

Republican Senator Marco Rubio and Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown are asking Labor Secretary Martin Walsh to conduct a full investigation into Amazon’s labor practices.

• “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,” the senators say in the letter
• NOTE, from Dec. 16: ‘Keep Driving’: Amazon Dispatcher Texts Show Chaos Amid Twisters

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