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Key Points CEO Jeff Bezos has declined a request to discuss issues around income inequality before the Senate Budget Committee, the company confirmed to CNBC.Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent and chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, had invited Bezos to appear in front of the committee as part of a hearing on income inequality slated for March 17.Bezos has faced criticism from for its labor practices during the coronavirus pandemic, including ending hazard pay for frontline workers, while Amazon of the pandemic-fueled e-commerce boom."I have invited Jeff Bezos to testify in the Budget Committee next week to explain to the American people why he thinks it's appropriate for him to spend a whole lot of money denying economic dignity to workers at Amazon, while he has become $78 billion richer during the pandemic," Sanders wrote .The hearing, titled "The Income and Wealth Inequality Crisis in America," testimony from Jennifer Bates, a worker from Amazon's Bessemer, Alabama warehouse where employees are in the midst of a closely watched union vote.Sanders is a frequent Amazon critic and previously scrutinized the company for the disparity in pay between its top executives and workers who pick, pack and deliver packages to customers' doorsteps. Following criticism from Sanders and other labor advocates, Amazon in 2018 it would raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour.An Amazon spokesperson told CNBC in a statement that the company supports Sanders' efforts to raise the federal minimum wage. "We fully endorse Senator Sanders' efforts to reduce income inequality with legislation to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour for all workers, like we did for ours in 2018," the spokesperson said.Sanders has also expressed support for workers at Amazon's Bessemer facility who are currently voting on whether to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. The effort has also received endorsements from , and .Amazon has staunchly opposed the unionization effort. Last month, it held mandatory meetings with workers at the Bessemer facility stating the case against unionizing. The company also set up a website urging workers to "do it without dues."Retail union president on Amazon workers in Alabama voting on unionization

Key Points CEO Jeff Bezos has declined a request to discuss issues around income inequality before the Senate Budget Committee, the company confirmed to CNBC.Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent and chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, had invited Bezos to appear in front of the committee as part of a hearing on income inequality slated for March 17.Bezos has faced criticism from for its labor practices during the coronavirus pandemic, including ending hazard pay for frontline workers, while Amazon of the pandemic-fueled e-commerce boom."I have invited Jeff Bezos to testify in the...

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