DELAWARE GENERAL ASSEMBLY LEGISLATIVE HALL DOVER, 19901

March 4, 2021

Jeff Bezos Chief Executive Officer .com, Inc. 410 Terry Ave. N , WA 98109

Andy Jassy Chief Executive Officer 410 Terry Ave. N Seattle, WA 98109

RE: Encouraging a free and fair National Labor Relations Board election

Dear Mr. Bezos and Mr. Jassy:

Last week President Biden delivered a clear and unequivocal message to Amazon, its many thousands of employees, and the American people: Workers in the have the right and the freedom to organize and to advocate for their best interests in the workplace, and no company has the right to silence their voices, period.

We write to echo the President’s sentiments and strongly urge Amazon to respect a free and fair National Labor Relations Board election in Bessemer, Alabama that will have implications for workers all across the nation, including several thousand of our constituents in Delaware.

Amazon has realized enormous success through the pandemic, reaping record profits while continuing to grow and expand its services to an ever greater number of customers. While technology and innovation play key roles in Amazon’s unprecedented achievements in the world of commerce, your company is built on its workers. Your professional accomplishments and your personal fortunes are directly attributable to the productivity of Amazon’s workforce. Please remember this as you direct your company strategy related to organized labor and the fair treatment of your employees. Reports of the tactics employed by Amazon to oppose the organization effort in Alabama are troubling to say the least.

The Amazon workers we know as friends and here in the President’s home state want the same things that all Americans want for themselves and their families. They want fair pay they can build a life on. They want working hours that are reasonable and shifts designed for human beings, not machines. They want basic benefits like sick leave and affordable health care. As President Biden so often says, a good job is about more than just a paycheck, a good job is about dignity.

On behalf of all of Amazon’s workers serving in a multitude of roles in facilities of all types across Delaware, we ask that you see them, that you recognize the value they bring to your company, and that you make every effort to treat them fairly, compensate them ethically, and respect their right to organize if they so choose.

Sincerely,

Sean Matthews State Representative, 10th District , State Representative, 19th District Chair, House Labor Committee

Kimberly Williams, Vice-Chair State Representative, 19th Vice-Chair, House Labor Committee

John Walsh State Senator, 9th District State Senator, 12th District Chair, Senate Labor Committee Vice-Chair, Senate Labor Committee

Valerie Longhurst Representative, 15th District House Majority Leader

David P. Sokola, Senator, 8th District Senate President Pro-Tem

Paul Baumbach Representative, 23rd District

David Bentz Representative, 18th District

Gerald Brady Representative, 4th District

William Carson Representative, 28th District

Krista Griffith Representative, 12th District

Stephanie Hansen Senator, 10th District

John Kowalko Representative, 25th District

Larry Lambert Representative, 7th District

Sarah McBride Senator, 1st District

John Mitchell Representative, 13th District

Sherae’a Moore Representative, 8th District

Eric Morrison Representative, 27th District

William Charles Paradee, III Senator, 17th District

Sherry Dorsey Walker Representative, 3rd District

Madinah Wilson-Anton, Representative, 26th District