Elizabeth Warren took aim at Jeff Bezos, saying the richest guy on Earth can launch himself into space while over half the country lives paycheck to paycheck kvlamis@insider.com (Kelsey Vlamis) © Provided by Business Insider Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Mandel Ngan/Pool/Getty Images, Elif Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Sen. Elizabeth Warren took a jab at Jeff Bezos over his recent spaceflight.
Warren said if the billionaire could go to space, he could afford to pay more in taxes.
ProPublica reported that Bezos paid $0 in income taxes for at least two years from 2006 to 2018.
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Amazon s victory against a union drive in Alabama proved workers want better workplaces, but America s labor laws are too broken to help them get that, experts say tsonnemaker@insider.com (Tyler Sonnemaker) © Amazon; Elif Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty; Dustin Chambers/REUTERS; RWDSU; Samantha Lee/Insider Amazon faces a historic union vote in Alabama. Amazon; Elif Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty; Dustin Chambers/REUTERS; RWDSU; Samantha Lee/Insider
They told Insider that Amazon s anti-union push proved companies have too much power over workers.
After one of the most high-profile union - and anti-union - campaigns in recent history, Amazon employees in Bessemer, Alabama, voted overwhelmingly against unionizing, with the National Labor Relations Board confirming Friday that 71% of eligible ballots were cast in opposition.