Amazon CEO says workers are 'better off' without a union and the company's injury rate is 'misunderstood'

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said on Thursday that he believes union representation would not benefit the company's legion of workers.

"It's employees' choice whether or not they want to join a union," Jassy said during an interview with CNBC Squawk Box. "We happen to think they're better off not doing so for a couple of reasons at least."

Jassy said Amazon "empowers" its employees and that a union could negatively impact a worker's relationship with their manager.

"[At Amazon] if they see something they can do better for customers or for themselves, they can go meet in a room, decide how to change it and change it," Jassy said. "That type of empowerment doesn't happen when you have unions. It's much more bureaucratic, it's much slower." https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-ceo-andy-jassy-says-workers-better-off-without-union-2022-4

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