Amazon Gets Rattled as Calls Grow for Reform

It says detractors are misinformed and should ‘book a tour’

It’s not often we see Amazon lose its cool. After all, this is the company that faced criticism about selling potentially biased and inaccurate facial recognition technology to law enforcement agencies and didn’t break a sweat. Nor did it bat an eyelash when 8,000 employees asked for it to take a stronger stance on climate change. And, at its annual shareholder meeting in May, proposals tied to both issues were squashed like proverbial bugs.

On Tuesday, however, which should have been the big finale of the longest Prime Day to date, Amazon’s mask slipped a bit as it included some zingers in its statements about striking workers, the unions supporting them and the politicians calling for an investigation into its fulfillment centers.

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