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NCTraveler

(30,481 posts) Wed Aug 29, 2018, 01:45 PM Aug 2018

As Trump and Bernie Sanders attack Amazon..... Amazon fires back. [View all]

Amazon, in a rare political response, calls Bernie Sanders' claims of poor worker conditions 'inaccurate and misleading'

"We have been in regular contact with his office and have offered several opportunities for Senator Sanders and his team to tour one of our fulfillment centers," the company said in a blog post Wednesday. "To date he has still not seen an FC for himself."

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/29/amazon-bernie-sanders-claims-are-inaccurate-and-misleading.html

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As Trump and Bernie Sanders attack Amazon..... Amazon fires back. [View all] NCTraveler Aug 2018 OP

To be fair, he ought to randomly show up to know the reality, vs a pre-arranged visit. moriah Aug 2018 #1

Good point Power 2 the People Aug 2018 #3

Post removed Post removed Aug 2018 #2

He just hates the Job Creators!!!!! QC Aug 2018 #4

I suppose now we have to side with Amazon because..., Bernie!!! Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2018 #9

Looks that way. QC Aug 2018 #10

Of course we don't have to. David__77 Aug 2018 #12

Lulzd. Actual headline: Voltaire2 Aug 2018 #5

Good to know that some organizations do stand by their standards (nt) question everything Aug 2018 #6

Trump attacks Amazon over poor worker conditions? leftstreet Aug 2018 #7

Good catch. Caliman73 Aug 2018 #11

shocking. Cha Aug 2018 #8

yeah, that Bezos would have a self-serving opinion and that CNBC wouldn't do its own reporting on JCanete Aug 2018 #14

Yeah, okay...how would that work exactly? The fulfillment center they brought him to would JCanete Aug 2018 #13

KICK! Cha Aug 2018 #15