John,

Amazon is delivering a record number of holiday packages -- because millions of workers are pushing themselves to the limit to make it happen. Those workers are not asking for the impossible. They are asking for fair wages, reasonable schedules, and workplaces that do not routinely injure the people who keep the company running.

Jeff Bezos has long said he wants Amazon to be “Earth’s most customer-centric company.” That goal is only achievable because of the workers who pack boxes, load trucks, manage warehouses, and deliver packages in every corner of the country. There is no customer experience without their labor. Supporting those workers is not a distraction from Amazon’s mission -- it is essential to it.

This is why workers at Amazon’s Staten Island warehouse voted to unionize in April 2022, forming the Amazon Labor Union, ALU-IBT Local 1: the first, and to date, the only unionized Amazon facility in the country -- a testament to both the company’s relentless union-busting, intimidation, and delay tactics, and the determination of its workers.

Now, as Amazon employees work around the clock during the busiest season of the year, Bezos and Amazon’s leadership are determined to strip benefits, weaken worker protections, and even dissolve the National Labor Relations Board that certified the ALU itself. They have refused even a single meeting with the workers who built one of the most profitable companies in human history. There is no justification for this refusal.

Bezos has refused to recognize the union or sit down with its members even once. Workers need our support to end the stalemate. Tell Amazon’s board what justice requires: Stop union-busting. Meet with the Amazon Labor Union now.

Jeff Bezos, the third-richest person on Earth, now adds more to his personal fortune in a single day than many Amazon workers earn in a decade. Meanwhile, nearly one in four Amazon employees relies on SNAP just to afford food. This is not the result of financial necessity -- Amazon can easily afford to pay its workforce fairly. It is the result of corporate choices.

At the same time Bezos refuses to meet with workers, he has poured millions into political influence, donating to Donald Trump’s inauguration, and paying to stream it. Amazon’s refusal to bargain violates the National Labor Relations Act, which guarantees workers the right to organize and negotiate collectively.

Yet the workers are not backing down. What is happening in Staten Island is not an isolated fight -- it is a signal to workers everywhere that even the most powerful corporations can be challenged. The Amazon Labor Union is asking for what any successful, ethical company should provide: fair pay, predictable schedules, and safe workplaces where injury prevention matters more than speed quotas.

Amazon’s success was built by workers. If Bezos truly believes in a customer-centric mission, then he must start by respecting the people who make that mission possible. Tell Amazon’s board to recognize the Amazon Labor Union, and meet with workers now.

Thank you for standing with the workers who built Amazon -- and for insisting that dignity, fairness, and safety are not too much to ask from one of the richest companies on Earth.

- DFA AF Team