The proposal pointed out negative media coverage Amazon has faced, as well as noting that US regulators and courts have ruled that Amazon violated labor laws.Īmazon labor organizer Chris Smalls presented the proposal at the meeting. One proposal, brought by the Shareholder Association for Research & Education, asked for a third-party assessment of Amazon’s adherence to its stated commitment to workers’ freedom of association and collective bargaining rights. Amazon said none of the shareholder proposals passed at the meeting, but did not immediately provide specific results. Shareholders pushed Amazon on everything from how the company could reduce its plastics use to a closer look at the treatment of Amazon warehouse workers. The proposals come as Amazon faces accusations of anti-union tactics amid a historic organizing effort at the ecommerce giant. While several of the 18 shareholders proposals dealt with Amazon’s climate commitments, others focused on Amazon’s workforce, seeking diversity transparency and commitments on union rights. investors on Wednesday voted against proposals calling on the company to provide more information to shareholders on its climate and union-rights commitments.

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