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President Biden hails Amazon workers pressing to unionize in Alabama in unusual sign of support Jay Greene, Eli Rosenberg © Jay Reeves/AP Tray Ragland, left, and Kim Hickerson of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union hold signs outside an Amazon facility Bessemer, Ala., where the union is trying to organize warehouse workers. SEATTLE — President Biden gave Amazon warehouse staff in Alabama fighting to join a union their biggest support yet, tweeting a video Sun...

President Joe Biden threw his support behind labor unions in a new video that comes right as Amazon workers in Alabama are voting on whether to unionize.

HEADLINES & GLOBAL NEWS By   Mar 01, 2021 07:56 AM EST Amazon warehouse employees in Alabama who voted to unionize got the support of an influential executive. President Joe Biden said in a video posted late Sunday that he supports the organizing drive in Bessemer, Alabama without mentioning the huge e-commerce business. Biden: forming a union is not up to the employers (Photo : Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 27: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to the media at the Whi...

More than 5,800 warehouse workers at the Bessemer, Ala., Amazon facility are voting this month on whether to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. Supporters are protesting in solidarity with those workers. Credit: AFP via Getty Images Biden Backs Amazon Warehouse Workers Union Drive By 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 ...

Font Size: President Joe Biden endorsed the ongoing effort to unionize the workforce at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama, giving hope to labor leaders. Biden tweeted his support for the effort on Sunday, nearly one month after the Bessemer, Alabama warehouse workers began voting in favor of or against unionizing. Biden said workers in Alabama, and nationwide, deserved the right to choose for themselves whether they wanted to join the union, but didn’t mention Amazon by name. “We should encour...

Votes in the union election will be counted March 30.

President Joe Biden supported Amazon workers right to unionize on Sunday He described the vote between warehouse workers at Bessemer, Alabama as vitally important but stopped short of explicitly encouraging union formation Workers began voting in February on whether to form the first US union at Amazon. The count is expected on March 30 Amazon does not officially oppose unions but it has campaigned against efforts by staff at the warehouse in Bessemer to unionize 

As Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, head to a union vote, President Joe Biden issued a strong statement of support for workers’ right to unionize — and a warning to Amazon against anti-union propaganda.

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Twitch pulls Amazon ads promoting no vote in union election Workers in an Alabama Amazon warehouse are deciding whether to unionize. Twitch says it doesnt allow any political ads. Listen - 01:57 Warehouse workers in Alabama are voting on whether to unionize. Twitch pulled Amazons anti-union ads from its platform Thursday. Getty Images Livestreaming service Twitch has pulled anti-union ads placed by Amaz...