Rep. Stansbury, Labor Caucus Urges Amazon to Respect its Employees’ Rights and Requests Information From the Company About its Anti-Union Activities

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) signed a letter led by Congressional Labor Caucus Co-Chairs Representatives Mark Pocan (D-WI), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), and Debbie Dingell (D-MI) calling on Amazon to respect its employees’ rights and requesting information from the company about its anti-union activities. 

“Workers have the right to unionize under the law, period,” Stansbury said. “Yet, across the country, there have been complaints that Amazon is engaging in union-busting activity and putting their worker’s health and safety at risk. This is fully unacceptable. That’s why I signed this letter with 115 of my colleagues—because our workers deserve fair treatment and the opportunity to bargain for better pay and benefits.” 

“We have heard concerns from our constituents who are scared to exercise these rights due to fear of reprisal from their employer, and anti-union activities from an employer as prominent as Amazon exacerbate those concerns,” the members wrote in a letter to Amazon Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy. “Therefore, in accordance with the NLRA, we urge Amazon to refrain from engaging in intimidation, retaliation, and other forms of illegal interference and to allow workers to decide on their own, whether they should join a union.” 

  Unfortunately, Amazon has been found to have violated federal labor law on numerous occasions, including public anti-union comments from Andy Jassy. This letter comes amidst a recent wave of worker organizing activity at Amazon locations around the county, and, to ensure that workers’ rights are respected going forward, the Members requested information from the company and asked if it will commit to following applicable federal and state labor laws.   

There are 3 Amazon fulfillment and sortation centers, 6 delivery stations, and 3 Whole Foods Market locations in New Mexico that employ more than 4,000 people. 

A full copy of the letter can be found here. 

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