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President Joe Biden said workers in Alabama and across the country have the right to join a union without intimidation from their companies.

Despite the national attention, workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama continue to endure grueling conditions and anti-union propaganda, said Stuart Appelbaum, President of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, which has organized the union drive.

President Biden offered his support on Sunday to union organizing efforts as Amazon workers at an Alabama warehouse vote on whether to unionize. In a video posted on Twitter, the president told workers "in Alabama and all across America" that are considering joining a union that they face a "vitally important choice."He did not mention Amazon directly, but his video statement was released after almost 6,000 warehouse workers in Bessemer, Ala.,...

Updated: March 01, 2021 11:22 IST Joe Biden didnt mention Amazon, but specifically referenced “workers in Alabama” in the video and a tweet introducing it Share Article AAA Joe Biden didnt mention Amazon, but specifically referenced “workers in Alabama” in the video and a tweet introducing it U.S. President Joe Biden defended workers rights to form unions and warned against intimidation of workers in a video posted on Twitter on Sunday night, as Amazon.com Inc employees in Alabama vo...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden defended workers rights to form unions and warned against intimidation of workers in a video posted on Twitter on Sunday night, as Amazon.com Inc employees in Alabama vote on whether to unionize. Biden didnt mention Amazon, but specifically referenced "workers in Alabama" in the video and a tweet introducing it. He said every worker should have a free and fair choice to join a union, and no employer could take that away. "Its your right...So make you...

The president did not directly endorse the union drive at an Alabama Amazon facility, but he said unions "put power in the hands of workers."

President Biden shows support for workers right to union vote in Alabama Share Updated: 8:14 PM CST Feb 28, 2021 WVTM 13 Digital TRACKING THE COVID-19 VACCINE Share Updated: 8:14 PM CST Feb 28, 2021 WVTM 13 Digital President Joe Biden is showing support for workers rights to vote for a labor union in Alabama and across the United States.The President made his statement in a video posted on Twitter this evening.Heres part of what President Biden p...

An estimated 85% of workers at Amazon's Bessemer, Alabama warehouse are Black. The unionization vote is taking place now.

Employees at an Amazon facility in Bessemer, Alabama, have begun mail-in voting to join a union, and its the largest such attempt in three decades of Amazons existence.

Image credit: Jason Redmond Stay tuned in to our local news coverage: Listen to 90.7 WMFE on your FM or HD radio, the WMFE mobile app or your smart speaker — say “Alexa, play NPR” and you’ll be connected. Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama voting to unionize won the backing of an important executive. Without naming the massive e-commerce company specifically, President Joe Biden said in a video posted late Sunday that he supports the organizing drive in Bessemer, Ala. “Today and o...