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Sen Sanders Introduces BEZOS Act, Named for Amazon CEO, as Retailer Impoverishes & Mistreats Workers
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:59:00
Publish Date: 2018-09-05 07:00:00
Description: Today Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Ro Khanna introduced the Stop BEZOS Act, that would tax large corporations like Amazon and Walmart for every dollar their low-wage workers receive in government assistance. The bill is named after Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and stands for: Stop Bad Employers by Zeroing Out Subsidies Act. In Part 2 of our interview with U.K.-based journalist James Bloodworth, he describes how he went undercover as an Amazon warehouse “picker” and found impoverishment and mistreatment. His new book is Hired: Six Months Undercover in Low-Wage Britain. Part 1: As Amazon Hits $1 Trillion in Value, Its Warehouse Workers Denounce “Slavery” Conditions Part 2: Exposed: Undercover Reporter at Amazon Warehouse Found Abusive Conditions & No Bathroom Breaks
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