Bezos says Amazon needs to do better for employees in last investor letter as CEO


FILE PHOTO Jeff Bezos president and CEO of Amazon and owner of The Washington Post speaks at the Economic Club of Washington DCs quotMilestone Celebration Dinnerquot in Washington U.S. September 13 2018. REUTERSJoshua RobertsFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: Jeff Bezos, president and CEO of Amazon and owner of The Washington Post, speaks at the Economic Club of Washington DC's "Milestone Celebration Dinner" in Washington, U.S., September 13, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo

(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc needs to do better at taking care of its employees, Jeff Bezos said on Thursday in his final letter to shareholders as chief executive officer of the online retail giant.

Bezos' comments came just days after Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama voted against forming a union by a more than 2-to-1 margin - a major win for the retailer that has fiercely resisted unionization for decades.

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