Bernie Sanders<br />Slams Jeff Bezos<br />for Countering Amazon<br />Unionization Efforts.<br />On March 17, Sen. Bernie Sanders<br />spoke out against Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk<br />at a Senate Budget Committee hearing. .<br />According to Sanders, the two men own<br />“more wealth than the bottom 40%.”.<br />He then directed his<br />attention specifically to Bezos,<br />who declined to testify <br />at the hearing. .<br />Sanders questioned why a man <br />“worth $182 billion” was doing “everything in [his] power”<br />to stop Amazon unionization efforts. .<br />One hundred eighty-two billion dollars,<br />you're the wealthiest person in the world.<br />Why are you doing everything in your<br />power to stop your workers in Bessemer,<br />Alabama, from joining a union?, Bernie Sanders, via 'Business Insider'.<br />Sanders went on to point out the disparity<br />between Bezos and his workers.<br />Jeff Bezos has become $77 billion richer<br />during this horrific pandemic, while<br />denying hundreds of thousands of workers<br />who work at Amazon paid sick leave, Bernie Sanders, via 'Business Insider'.<br />An Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama,<br />has been at the center of the high-profile union dispute.<br />Bessemer workers, who have been voting<br />on unionization since early February, will have their<br />ballots counted starting March 30. .<br />If successful, it will be the first time Amazon workers<br />have formed a union in the United States.
