Amazon Calls Police on Congresspeople Seeking to Tour Warehouse

“Representatives Rashida Tlaib and Debbie Dingell, both Michigan Democrats, made a surprise visit earlier this month to an Amazon warehouse in Romulus, Michigan. The lawmakers said they were asked to wait outside for about 90 minutes before being invited in for a tour. While they waited, someone inside the building called the police on them.” – https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-21/u-s-lawmakers-call-amazon-warehouse-unsafe-after-surprise-visit

Always nice to see law-abiding corporate citizens.

Dingell and Tlaib were forbidden to make a video record of their visit, but Tlaib did offer a report: “Employee screening is poorly executed, cleaning is insufficient, social distancing is often difficult or impossible, and Amazon’s relentless quota system does not allow for breaks for adequate personal hygien. Moreover, if Amazon is willing to call the police on congresswomen it invited to tour its facility, we can only imagine the harassment and intimidation Amazon workers have faced for speaking out.”

An Amazon spokeswoman called the police report an “unfortunate misunderstanding.”

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