The House Oversight Committee has demanded Amazon.com, Inc. comply with its probe into the company’s labor practices during severe weather events, claiming it has obstructed their investigation by failing to produce documents seven weeks after the deadline.
The committee launched its probe into Amazon’s corporate labor practices following the deaths of six workers during a December 2021 Category 3 tornado in Edwardsville, Illinois.
Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), the committee’s chair; Cori Bush (D-Mo.); and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) sent a letter to Amazon on June 1 demanding the company comply with the committee’s March 31 request for documents and information….