Schiff and 133 members of Congress urge Amazon to respect workers’ rights

October 23, 2024

Washington, D.C.— Yesterday, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) joined Congressional Labor Caucus co-chairs Reps. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), Donald Norcross (D-N.J.), Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) and other members of Congress by calling on Amazon to respect the right of its employees to unionize. The letter, signed by 133 members of Congress, urges Amazon to cease its anti-union activities and ensure that workers can organize freely without intimidation or retaliation.

“Workers have the constitutional right to organize and advocate for improvements in their wages and working conditions, as well as the statutory right to engage in concerted activity protected under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)”, the members wrote in a letter to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy.

“We have heard the concerns of our constituents who are afraid to exercise these rights for fear of retaliation from their employers, and the anti-union activities of a large employer like Amazon exacerbate these concerns. » »continued the deputies. “Therefore, consistent with the NLRA, we urge Amazon to refrain from intimidation, retaliation, and other forms of unlawful interference and to allow workers to decide for themselves whether to join a union. »

Unfortunately, Amazon has been found to have violated federal labor laws on numerous occasions, including anti-union public comments from CEO Andy Jassy. This letter comes amid a recent wave of worker organizing activity at Amazon sites across the country. To ensure that workers’ rights are respected in the future, members requested information from Amazon and asked whether the company would commit to complying with applicable federal and state labor laws.

The letter was also signed by Reps. Alma Adams (D-N.C.), Gabe Amo (D-R.I.), Becca Balint (D-Vt.), Nanette Barragán (D-Calif.), Joyce Beatty (D- Ohio), Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), Julia Brownley (D-California), Shontel Brown (D-Ohio), Nikki Budzinski (D-Illinois), Cori Bush (D-Missouri), Salud Carbajal (D- Calif.), André Carson (D-Ind.), Greg Casar (D-Texas), Sean Casten (D-Illinois), Joaquin Castro (D-Texas), Judy Chu (D-Calif.), Steve Cohen ( Democrat of Tennessee), Lou Correa (Democrat of California), Joe Courtney (Democrat of Connecticut), Jason Crow (Democrat of Colorado), Danny Davis (Democrat of Illinois), Madeleine Dean (Democrat of Pennsylvania), Rosa DeLauro ( Connecticut Democrat), Christopher Deluzio (Pennsylvania Democrat), Mark DeSaulnier (California Democrat), Debbie Dingell (Michigan Democrat), Lloyd Doggett (Texas Democrat), Adriano Espaillat (D-N.M. Y.), Dwight Evans (Democrat of Pennsylvania), Bill Foster (Democrat of Illinois), Lois Frankel (Democrat of Florida), Maxwell Frost (Democrat of Florida), Ruben Gallego (Democrat of Arizona), John Garamendi (Democrat of California), Jesús García (D-Illinois), Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas), Jared Golden (D-Maine), Daniel Goldman (D-N.Y.), Jimmy Gomez (D-Cal.), Al Green ( D-Texas), Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.), Val Hoyle (D-Ore.), Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Jonathan Jackson (D- Illinois), Sara Jacobs (D-California), Henry Johnson (D-Georgia), Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), William Keating (D-Mass.), Timothy Kennedy (D-N.Y.), Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), Daniel Kildee (D-Michigan), Andy Kim (D-N.J.), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Illinois), Greg Landsman (D-Ohio), John Larson (D-Connecticut), Barbara Lee (D-M. Calif.), Summer Lee (D-Pa.), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-M.), Stephen Lynch (D-M.), Seth Magaziner (DR.I.), Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), Morgan McGarvey (D-Ky.), James McGovern (D-Mass.), Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Grace Meng (D-N.Y.), Kevin Mullin (D-Calif.), Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y. ), Grace Napolitano (Democrat of California), Wiley Nickel (DN.C.), Donald Norcross (DN.J.), Eleanor Norton (DD.C.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (DN.Y.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Frank Pallone (D-N.J.), Chris Pappas (D-N.H.), Mary Peltola (D-Alaska), Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), Katie Porter (D-California), Ayanna Pressley (D-Massachusetts), Delia Ramirez (D-Illinois), Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland), Raul Ruiz (D-Calif.), Patrick Ryan (D-N.Y.), Linda Sánchez (D-California), Mary Scanlon (D-Pennsylvania), Janice Schakowsky (D-Illinois), Hillary Scholten (D-Michigan), Brad Sherman (D-Calif.), Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) , Elissa Slotkin (D-Michigan), Adam Smith (D-Washington), Eric Sorensen (D-Ill.), Darren Soto (D-Florida), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), Greg Stanton (D-Ariz.) , Haley Stevens (D-Mich.), Thomas Suozzi (D-N.Y.), Emilia Sykes (D-Ohio), Mark Takano (D-Calif.), Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.), Bennie Thompson (D-Miss. ), Dina Titus (D-Nevada), Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan), Paul Tonko (DN.Y. ), Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.), Lori Trahan (D-Mass.), David Trone (D-Maryland), Lauren Underwood (D-Illinois), Juan Vargas (D-Calif.), Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y. .Y.), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Florida), Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.) and Susan Wild (D-Pennsylvania).

A full copy of the letter can be found here.

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