Alabama Amazon workers accelerate struggle for a union
Alabama Amazon workers accelerate struggle for a union At an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., 5,800 workers have won the right to vote for union representation. The National Labor Relations Board has authorized a mail-in election starting Feb. 8, with ballots due by March 29. Union organizers talk to workers at 4:30 a.m. outside the gates of the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala. If a majority of workers vote yes, their victory will be a historic moment in the struggle of U.S. low-paid, part-time and gig workers against sharpening capitalist exploitation. The campaign by Bessemer workers ...