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Despite freezing temperatures, long stretches of boredom and the occasional taunt, workers and organizers have never left the warehouse entrances.

An important test in Alabama, where thousands of workers at an Amazon campus are deciding whether to form a union.

The Bessemer front in the international class struggle By Christian Noakes posted on March 2, 2021 Bessemer, Ala., is now the site of a historic labor struggle between the majority-Black Amazon warehouse workers there and the $1.7 trillion international capitalist monopoly corporation. About 80% of the warehouse workers are African American, and almost half are women.  Rally for Amazon workers, Bessemer, Ala., Feb. 6. In March 2020, Amazon opened up the BHM1 fulfillment center in this predominantly Black working-class city that sits on the west edge of Birmingham, Ala. Within two months, t...

Help Save People's World The economic crisis has hit People's World hard. We need the support of all our friends and readers to continue publishing. Biden just proved to workers that he’s got our backs March 2, 2021 1:09 PM CDT By Berry Craig Joe Biden, then the Democratic presidential candidate, meets with union leaders outside AFL-CIO headquarters in Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. 7, 2020. | Carolyn Kaster / AP Going on 86 years ago, Franklin D. Roosevelt made the most pro-union statement ever uttered by an American presiden...

Help Save People's World The economic crisis has hit People's World hard. We need the support of all our friends and readers to continue publishing. Biden declares support for Alabama Amazon workers’ union drive March 1, 2021 1:47 PM CDT By PAI Clockwise from left: A screen shot from President Joe Biden's video declaring his backing for the Amazon workers organizing in Bessemer, Ala.; right top: Bessemer workers rally for support outside their warehouse; right bottom: An Amazon warehouse worker processes packages for s...