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A banner encouraging workers to vote is shown at the Amazon facility in Bessemer, Alabama, on 30 March. Photograph: Jay Reeves/AP
Counting is currently under way for the historic union election at Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, and union organizers and leaders throughout the labor movement are hoping the effort will help galvanize support for workers and unions in the south and across the US.
Tevita Uhatafe, 35, a member of Transport Workers Union of America Local 513 in the Dallas area, was one of several union members and leaders who visited Bessemer to lend their support for the union organizing drive.
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Georgia Today. I m Steve Fennessy. Voting rights groups are pushing back against the state s sweeping new election law. The so-called Election Integrity Act includes ID requirements for mail-in ballots, time limits on absentee ballot requests and restrictions on drop boxes. It takes authority away from the Secretary of State and allows the State Election Board to assume control of county elections offices it deems underperforming. After a 2020 election that saw record voter turnout statewide, many Democrats say the law will make it harder for Georgians to vote, especially voters of color. Meanwhile, the law s Republican backers say it s going to expand voter access by mandating an extra Saturday for in-person early voting and extending some voting hours. Here s Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp.
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NEW YORK (AP) Major League Baseball announced Friday it was moving this summer’s All-Star Game from Atlanta’s Truist Park, a response to Georgia enactin