Sanders Investigating Amazon: Congressional Oversight Explained

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt) endeavors to intervene in labor battles at giant corporations like Starbucks Corp. and Amazon.com Inc. highlight just how far congressional oversight of corporate America extends.

Sanders, the chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, launched a probe last week into Amazon’s treatment of workers. The lawmaker told company CEO Andy Jassy in a letter that he and founder Jeff Bezos have created a “corporate culture that treats workers as disposable” as Amazon’s worker safety practices are scrutinized by a series of federal and state courts.

Sanders told Bloomberg Law “everything is on the ...