Amazon spent more than $26 million on anti-union labor consultants in 2025, according to new federal disclosure forms, marking the largest such expenditure by a U.S. employer reported in a single year.
The filings with the U.S. Labor Department show Amazon hired at least six firms that specialize in helping corporations defeat union organizing campaigns. The company issued hundreds of payments throughout the year, averaging more than $56,000 apiece — higher than the average annual wage of one of its warehouse workers.
Asked about the hefty tab, an Amazon spokesperson told HuffPost the company was merely trying to counter bad information coming from labor unions.
“Last year, the Teamsters and other groups worked really hard and spent a lot of money to spread misinformation,” the spokesperson, Eileen Hards, said in an email. “We think it’s important that our teammates and partners understand the truth, so we’ve continued to work with experts in the field who are able to share objective facts about what it actually means to have an organization like the Teamsters speak for you.”
A Teamsters spokesperson couldn’t immediately be reached for comment Wednesday.
