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Updated Feb 25, 2021 Labor Groups And Progressives Urge Biden To Support Amazon Union Drive A coalition of groups, including unions, sent a letter to the White House reminding Joe Biden he vowed to be "the most pro-union president you’ve ever seen." Unions and progressive groups are increasing their pressure on President Joe Biden’s administration to come out in support of Amazon workers in Alabama who are trying to unionize. A coalition of more than three dozen organizations sent a letter ...

Twitch Pulls Its Parent Companys Union-Busting Ads Gizmodo 2/25/2021 © Screenshot: More Perfect Union on Twitter While around 5,800 Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama vote on whether to unionize, Amazon has been trying to win over hearts and minds with a slew of ham-handed anti-union propaganda in their warehouse bathroom stalls, on their phones, and now on the Amazon-owned streaming service Twitch. Earlier this week, More Perfect Union tweeted the Amazon brand-paletted spots, fe...

Updated Feb 24, 2021 Amazon Workers Fight To Unionize Draws Help From Around The World Labor groups across the country and beyond are joining the effort to create a union at an Amazon facility in Alabama, which would be a first in the U.S. Roughly a hundred organizers have been calling workers from Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse in recent weeks, making the case for why they should unionize. The robust phone-banking operation reflects the high stakes for organized labor as workers at th...

Darryl Richardson was delighted when he landed a job as a “picker” at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama. “I thought, ‘Wow, I’m going to work for Amazon, work for the richest man around,” he said. “I thought it would be a nice facility that would treat you right.” Richardson, a sturdily built 51-year-old with a short, charcoal beard, took a job at the gargantuan warehouse after the auto parts plant where he worked for nine years closed....

Organizers pointed to a deadline shortly before union votes are to be counted.

Help Save Peoples World The economic crisis has hit Peoples World hard. We need the support of all our friends and readers to continue publishing. New York sues Amazon for not protecting workers against COVID, firing whistleblowers February 19, 2021 10:57 AM CDT By PAI New York State Attorney General Letitia James is suing Amazon for not providing adequate health and safety measures for workers at its New York facilities d...

Help Save Peoples World The economic crisis has hit Peoples World hard. We need the support of all our friends and readers to continue publishing. Why the Alabama Amazon struggle matters to workers everywhere February 19, 2021 9:25 AM CDT By C.J. Atkins Michael Foster of the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union holds a sign outside the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., Feb. 9, where labor is trying to organize w...

An ongoing union vote will take place through the end of March.

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Amazon's union-busting tactics prompted 50 members of Congress to send the company a warning letter.