<p class="title">Labor unions are urging regulators to investigate whether US tech giant Amazon is abusing its dominance in online retail, cloud computing and logistics.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a petition filed Thursday with the Federal Trade Commission, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and other labor groups claiming to represent a total of 5.3 million workers accused Amazon of anticompetitive practices.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The company's dominance allows it to squeeze profit from and reduce choice among workers, consumers, merchants and competitors," read a copy of the 28-page petition available online.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The petition urged the FTC to look into how Amazon is controlling prices at its e-commerce and cloud services platforms and whether it is using data it gathers to get an edge in the market.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The unions also wanted the FTC to investigate whether the Seattle-based company is using its clout to push down wages for its workers and in labor markets in general.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The petition urged "competition authorities like the Federal Trade Commission to protect workers from the unbridled market power of increasingly large and concentrated employers."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier this month, one of Britain's biggest trade unions demanded a parliamentary inquiry into hundreds of injuries reported at Amazon warehouses.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The GMB said its investigation showed 622 "serious injuries or near misses" reported to the UK work safety regulator between the 2016/17 and 2018/19 fiscal years.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Amazon claimed the findings "paint a false picture of what it's like to work for Amazon."</p>
<p class="title">Labor unions are urging regulators to investigate whether US tech giant Amazon is abusing its dominance in online retail, cloud computing and logistics.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a petition filed Thursday with the Federal Trade Commission, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and other labor groups claiming to represent a total of 5.3 million workers accused Amazon of anticompetitive practices.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The company's dominance allows it to squeeze profit from and reduce choice among workers, consumers, merchants and competitors," read a copy of the 28-page petition available online.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The petition urged the FTC to look into how Amazon is controlling prices at its e-commerce and cloud services platforms and whether it is using data it gathers to get an edge in the market.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The unions also wanted the FTC to investigate whether the Seattle-based company is using its clout to push down wages for its workers and in labor markets in general.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The petition urged "competition authorities like the Federal Trade Commission to protect workers from the unbridled market power of increasingly large and concentrated employers."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier this month, one of Britain's biggest trade unions demanded a parliamentary inquiry into hundreds of injuries reported at Amazon warehouses.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The GMB said its investigation showed 622 "serious injuries or near misses" reported to the UK work safety regulator between the 2016/17 and 2018/19 fiscal years.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Amazon claimed the findings "paint a false picture of what it's like to work for Amazon."</p>