Dear John,

Today is one of Amazon’s biggest days of the year — the second and final day of Prime Day. Jeff Bezos’ wealth will soar and the company’s profits will keep climbing while warehouse workers will be worked into the ground.

Amazon is emblematic of the long-term decline of America’s middle class and levels of economic inequality the nation hasn’t seen since the late nineteenth century’s Gilded Age.

Amazon, and other architects of inequality like it, don’t just wield enormous economic power. They now wield immense political power, allowing them to get away with egregious labor law violations and bribe lawmakers to pass laws that favor corporations over workers.

Our latest video breaks down why Congress must pass the Protecting the Right to Organize Act to rein in the unchecked power of these corporate behemoths and rebuild worker power in America.

The PRO Act alone won’t end economic inequality or return prosperity and opportunity to America’s working families. But its passage would certainly help.

Crucially, it would send a clear signal that ours is truly a government “of the people.” A government that serves over one million people who work for Amazon, not an individual multi-billionaire. A government that protects unions, not corporate profits. A government that works for the vast majority of Americans who are working harder than ever today and getting nowhere in America’s Second Gilded Age.

Passing the PRO Act is a crucial first step. Let’s make it happen.

Thanks for watching,

Robert Reich

Inequality Media Civic Action

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