Rubio, CECC Commissioners Press Amazon to Advocate for Labor Rights Activist Who Exposed Abuse in Supply Chain

U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), along with U.S. Representatives Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Chris Smith (R-NJ), sent a letter to Andy Jassy, Chief Executive Officer of Amazon, urging the company to support labor rights activist Tang Minfeng's court appeal for exoneration and compensation. Tang spent two years in prison and was reportedly tortured for exposing labor abuses at a Foxconn factory in Hengyang municipality, Hunan province that produces Amazon products.

The letter also asks Amazon to publicly update their company policies so that exposure of labor abuses and forced labor in the Amazon supply chain in China is neither a disclosure of company secrets nor a violation of company policy. It further urges Amazon to include clear consequences for any of Amazon's suppliers participating in the arrest and detention of those documenting and exposing forced labor.

Rubio and Smith are the ranking members and Merkley and McGovern are the co-chairs, respectively, of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC).

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