The Law Is Rigged Against You if You Want to Unionize Our system of labor law and regulations has too strongly tilted the playing field in favor of companies. By Erik Loomis April 15, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET Credit...Zak Tebbal Labor activists had great hopes for the attempt to organize the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., and the effort by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union attracted national attention. President Biden released a video in support of the right of workers to join a union without company interference. As far as I know, no previous president — not even Franklin Delano Roosevelt or Harry Truman — made such a direct statement about a specific union campaign. Other high-profile supporters of the union — from Senator Bernie Sanders to the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II — appeared at rallies in Bessemer.