{"id":213873,"date":"2021-03-29T17:09:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T14:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/amazons-twitter-war-with-democrats-incited-by-jeff-bezos-report\/"},"modified":"2021-03-29T17:09:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T14:09:12","slug":"amazons-twitter-war-with-democrats-incited-by-jeff-bezos-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/amazons-twitter-war-with-democrats-incited-by-jeff-bezos-report\/","title":{"rendered":"#Amazon’s Twitter war with Democrats incited by Jeff Bezos: report"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Amazon’s Twitter<\/a> war with Democrats incited by Jeff Bezos: report<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Amazon is hitting back at attacks on the company\u2019s labor and business practices from critics like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren \u2014 at the behest of none other than Jeff Bezos.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The CEO expressed anger in recent weeks that Amazon officials weren\u2019t more aggressive in pushing back against flak that the company that he and other top brass deem inaccurate or misleading, according to Recode<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Bezos \u2014 who as the world\u2019s richest man with a fortune near $200 billion has long been a target of Sens. Sanders and Warren \u2014 has recently directed the firm to fight back. Last week the e-commerce giant went after both senators on Twitter in a snarky attack that\u2019s unusual for a big, buttoned-up corporation.<\/p>\n

Central to the dustup is the largest union election in Amazon\u2019s history at its Bessemer, Ala. warehouse. Election results will be tallied later this week, although results may not be known for weeks or months as both sides are expected to squabble over the legitimacy of ballots that are mailed in. <\/p>\n

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Jeff Bezos reportedly expressed his anger in recent weeks that Amazon officials weren\u2019t more aggressive in pushing back against flak against the company\u2019s labor practices.<\/figcaption>
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Amazon officials are on edge because if a majority of the workers vote to unionize, it could ignite a chain reaction at other facilities, with the potential to force the e-commerce giant to overhaul how it manages its hundreds of thousands of front-line US workers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Amazon workers and allies protest in front of the Jeff Bezos\u2019 Manhattan residence.<\/figcaption>
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When news<\/a> broke last week that Sanders was planning to visit Alabama in the final days of voting, top Amazon executive Dave Clark fired off a Twitter thread on Wednesday that started with a strikingly snarky post:<\/p>\n

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Amid a vote of whether or not Amazon workers would unionize, Sen. Bernie Sanders announced plans to visit the company\u2019s Bessemer, Alabama location.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cI often say we are the Bernie Sanders of employers, but that\u2019s not quite right because we actually deliver a progressive workplace,\u201d Clark tweeted<\/a>. <\/p>\n

A few hours later, the official Amazon News media relations Twitter account, with more than 170,000 followers, hit back against Rep. Mark Pocan, who had questioned Clark\u2019s \u201cprogressive workplace\u201d<\/a> assertion by alluding to stories of Amazon\u2019s pace of work being so demanding that workers have to \u201curinate in water bottles.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amazon News tweeted in response<\/a>: \u201cYou don\u2019t really believe the peeing in bottles thing, do you? If that were true, nobody would work for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

The abrupt shift in tone of the company\u2019s Twitter account was so abrupt that it sparked an internal query from the Amazon security team, Recode reported. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe tweets, according to the security engineer, \u2018are unnecessarily antagonistic (risking Amazon\u2019s brand) and may be a result of unauthorized access\u2019,\u201d according to the tech news site.<\/p>\n

Users on Twitter responded with news accounts of Amazon workers complaining about inhumane working conditions, with New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez also weighing in.<\/p>\n

The House freshman tweeted a screenshot <\/a>of an email in which an Amazon manager complained about \u201cbottles of urine\u201d left inside delivery vans.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Members of the Workers Assembly Against Racism gathered across from Jeff Bezos-owned Whole Foods Market in Union Square South, New York.<\/figcaption>
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Soon after, a back-and-forth with Warren ensued after the Democrat criticized the company\u2019s tax payments. <\/p>\n

The same Amazon account \u201cquote-tweeted\u201d Warren with this message: \u201cThis is extraordinary and revealing. One of the most powerful politicians in the United States just said she\u2019s going to break up an American company so that they can\u2019t criticize her anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This is extraordinary and revealing. One of the most powerful politicians in the United States just said she\u2019s going to break up an American company so that they can\u2019t criticize her anymore. https:\/\/t.co\/Nt0wcZo17g<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Amazon News (@amazonnews) March 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

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Amazon did not respond to requests seeking comment.\n <\/p><\/div>\n