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Rather than trying to Build Back Better Big Labor, Joe Biden would be better off addressing Americans’ main concerns, which include inflation and labor shortages.

The Australia Institute’s Centre for Responsible technology today called on Amazon to mark its global marketing day, Black Friday, by ditching patents to increase the surveillance of its workers.

Finally Something Amazon Can Be Proud Of: A Unionization Vote Photo: Jim Watson (Getty Images) At long last, Amazon has a unionization vote on its hands, the first and only since 2014. Today, 5,800 Alabama warehouse workers have been sent mail-in ballots and can begin voting on whether to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU). If they vote in favor, RWDSU will be the first union to gain a foothold in the nation’s second-largest employer, a company that’s famously been associated with grueling and hazardous workplace conditions. The votes will be counted March 30th...

Photo: Ina Fassbender (Getty Images) Amazon has a message for its workers: if you want to unionize so badly, you’ll need to risk catching the coronavirus to do it. Advertisement That’s according to an appeal the e-commerce giant filed with the National Labor Relations Board on Thursday arguing against the board’s decision to give Amazon’s Bessemer warehouse workers the next two months to vote on their potential unionization by mail. Instead, Amazon asked to postpone the vote so the Board can take time to “reconsider” its decision and possibly allow the online retailer to force an...