Amazon executive jabs Sanders, touts progressive company policies ahead of union vote

A senior Amazon executive criticized Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., In a Twitter post on Wednesday, suggesting the senator was all talkative and lacking in action when it came to implementing progressive policies.

The tech giant’s senior vice president of global operations Dave Clark took to social media in response to a Business Insider article that said Sanders was traveling to Alabama on Friday to meet with Amazon workers trying to to form the first union in the history of the company. . This vote should take place next week.

Clark’s sharp comments were underscored by the first of three tweets. “I often say that we are the Bernie Sanders of employers, but that’s not quite fair because we actually provide a progressive workplace.”

Amazon was one of the first companies to raise its minimum wage to $ 15 an hour at the end of 2018 after Sanders lobbied big companies.

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There are several reports claiming that Amazon has sought to discourage workers from voting to unionize.

Sanders has usually targeted Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on his wealth, but more recently he has focused on the union vote.

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Sanders also recently entered a war of words with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, where the former Democratic presidential candidate accused Musk of being greedy and said the United States should focus its resources on people. who need it on Earth rather than space exploration.

Bezos was included alongside Musk in Sanders’ tweet naming the “two guys” who own more wealth than the bottom 40% of Americans.

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Meanwhile, on Thursday, Sanders will lead a Senate Budget Committee hearing titled “Ending a Rigged Tax Code: The Need to Make Richest People and Biggest Corporations Pay Their Fair Share of Taxes.”