"We don’t believe this group represents the majority of our employees’ views. Our employees choose to work at Amazon because we offer some of the best jobs available everywhere we hire, and we encourage anyone to compare our overall pay, benefits and workplace environment to any other company with similar jobs."

Amazon spokeswoman Heather Knox, in a statement after workers at an Amazon warehouse near Birmingham, Ala., recently moved closer to holding a vote on whether to form a union, as reported by The New York Times. Organized labor has tried for years to make inroads at the e-commerce giant, the newspaper reported.