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　　US National Labor Relations Board officials said in an indictment that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy (Andy Jassy) earlier this year In a TV interview, he said the company's employees would make more money if they didn't unionize, a claim that violated U.S. federal labor law.

　　In April, Jassy said in an interview that Amazon workers would be better off without unions. The existence of a union will make it difficult for employees to establish direct contact with management.

　　In the indictment dated Oct. 25, Ronald Hooks, the Seattle-based regional director of the National Labor Relations Board, said Jassy's claims violated federal labor law and was "interfering, restraining and coercion of employees”. The indictment requires Amazon to respond in writing by Nov. 8 and to appear in an administrative court hearing in February.

　　"These allegations are baseless and protected by the express provisions of the National Labor Relations Act and by decades of precedent from the National Labor Relations Board," Amazon spokeswoman Kelly Nantel said in a statement. .These remarks shed light on Amazon's views on unionization in a legitimate way and why it affects our employees' ability to deal directly with managers. These remarks start out as a clear acknowledgement of our employees' right to organize and in no way contain Threats of retaliation."

　　Labor protests have affected a number of U.S. companies over the past few decades. In April, the Amazon union won a vote representing workers at Amazon warehouses in Staten Island, N.Y. Earlier this week, though, workers at an Amazon warehouse in Southern California abandoned efforts to schedule union elections. These workers want higher wages and benefits and better working conditions. On October 15, employees at an Apple Store in Oklahoma City voted to unionize, becoming the second Apple store to do so. Starbucks successfully held a union election at one store in Buffalo, N.Y., followed by votes at hundreds of stores across the United States.

　　Seth Goldstein, the Amazon union lawyer who filed the lawsuit against Jassy, said the NLRB's action against Jassy shows the federal government is taking a tougher stance on protecting workers' right to unionize. . By contrast, "companies have not been accountable for any of these issues for decades."