SAN FRANCISCO: The US House oversight committee is opening an investigation into Amazon.com’s labour practices during extreme weather events, following the death of six workers during a swarm of tornadoes last year.
In a letter addressed to Amazon chief executive Andy Jassy and dated yesterday, the committee asked the company to provide policies regarding emergency preparation as well as documents related to the tornado strikes that battered an Amazon facility in Edwardsville, Illinois, in December, among other materials.
“The committee seeks to fully understand the events that led to the tragedy at Amazon’s Edwardsville facility,” it wrote in the letter signed by Congress members Carolyn Maloney, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Cori Bush, all Democrats.