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Mon Mar 29, 2021, 07:47 AM Mar 2021

'Getting nervous'? Bezos told Amazon execs to hit back at critics amid historic union drive

By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams
Published March 29, 2021

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With the closely watched and potentially seismic union election at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama nearing an end, new reporting indicates that CEO Jeff Bezos was the driving force behind a recent effort by company representatives to stave off progressive critiques of the corporation's well-documented maltreatment of employees.

Recode's Jason Del Rey reported Sunday that Bezos—the richest man on the planet—has "expressed dissatisfaction in recent weeks that company officials weren't more aggressive in how they pushed back against criticisms of the company that he and other leaders deem inaccurate or misleading."

"What followed was a series of snarky and aggressive tweets that ended up fueling their own media cycles," Del Rey noted, referring to top Amazon executive Dave Clark's message last week to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who visited Alabama on Friday to show support for the Bessemer organization effort as Amazon wages an aggressive anti-union campaign.

https://www.rawstory.com/jeff-bezos-anti-union/

And since he and his company is the richest in the world he pays zilch, nada, zero, in taxes............

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