Lobbyists who lobby in favor of Amazon are banned from the European Parliament
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Amazon lobbyists to be barred from European parliament
The move to ban Amazon from lobbying in the European Parliament comes after the company has repeatedly refused to attend public hearings in the European Parliament regarding harsh working conditions in its warehouses. . In fact, the working environment at Amazon's warehouses has been viewed as problematic, with strict monitoring of employees and it being pointed out that employees are twice as likely as their peers to sustain a serious injury on the job. Masu.
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For this reason, worker protection groups and other organizations have been scrutinizing and criticizing Amazon for many years regarding issues related to the wages and working conditions of employees working in warehouses, as well as approaches to forming labor unions.
More than 30 trade unions and civil society organizations, including Corporate Europe Observatory, UNI Europa and ETUC, send a joint letter to European Parliament President Roberta Metsola calling for the exclusion of Amazon's lobbyists from the European Parliament (PDF file) doing.
In response, members of the European Parliament called on the European Parliament to exclude Amazon lobbyists from various European institutions, which was approved in February 2024.
And on February 27, 2024, the European Parliament will withdraw Amazon's lobbying badge. As a result, Amazon was effectively banned from lobbying in the European Parliament. This is the second case in which lobbying activities have been banned in the European Parliament, following the agrochemical company
'The European Parliament has drawn a clear red line against Amazon. Any anti-democratic behavior by Amazon, whether by trade unions, 'Nothing will be tolerated. This lobbying ban is an important victory for Amazon workers and their unions across Europe in their fight for good working conditions.'
Amazon is actively lobbying in the European Parliament, with approximately 14 lobbyists holding nine meetings with European Parliament members in January 2024 alone. In addition, according to the European Parliament's Transparency Register, it has been revealed that Amazon spent approximately 3 million euros (approximately 490 million yen) on lobbying activities in the European Parliament in 2022.
According to the Financial Times, a foreign media outlet, ``Legislators in Europe and the United States are paying keen attention to regulation of major technology companies and rapidly developing technologies such as generative AI.''Companies are using lobbying in Congress to their advantage.'' 'They are often used as a central channel for shaping relevant regulations.'
Giampaolo Meloni, an Amazon employee and member of the European Works Council, said: ``Amazon is disrespecting the democratic institutions of our workers. It shows that we cannot continue to ignore and that our democratic rights, such as the right to freely join trade unions and bargain for better working conditions and wages, will continue to be recognized. I hope so.”
In response to the decision, Amazon said, ``We are deeply disappointed by this decision. We take this decision seriously as we look forward to continuing to engage constructively with policymakers.'' Masu.
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