Three Amazon Workers Allege Seattle Ordinance Breach Over Post-Testimony Questioning

Three workers belonging to Amazon Employees for Climate Justice say Amazon questioned them after they testified at Seattle City Council in favor of regulating data centers, conduct they argue violated a Seattle ordinance. Bloomberg reported the matter on June 18. After the testimony, the Seattle City Council unanimously passed a one-year moratorium on new large-scale data center construction. According to Bloomberg's report, Darius Irani, Patrick Schloesser, and Liesl Wigand testified in early June at a council committee hearing in support of a one-year moratorium on large data center construction. Amazon then allegedly interrogated the three, who say the move violated a Seattle ordinance. No official rebuttal from Amazon had been confirmed at the time of the report.