Sanders invites Bezos to testify at inequality hearing

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced Friday that he has invited Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos to testify at a hearing about inequality scheduled for next week, though Bezos is not expected to attend.

The Senate Budget Committee chairman has already secured the testimony of one worker at the e-commerce giant’s Bessemer, Ala., plant, where a unionization vote is in progress.

Jennifer Bates, who trains employees at the warehouse, will appear alongside multiple economists at the hearing titled “The Income and Wealth Inequality Crisis in America.”

A spokesperson for Amazon told The Hill that Bezos will not attend the hearing.