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By Jonathan Stempel and Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) - A manager at Amazon.com Inc sued the online retailer for discrimination on Monday, saying it hires Black people for lower positions and promotes them more slowly than white workers, and that she was subjected to harassment. The lawsuit from Charlotte Newman, a business development head at Amazon Web Services who is Black, said the company suffers from a "systemic pattern of insurmountable discrimination," despite its pledge to fight racism and statements of solidarity from Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos. Seattle-based Amazon had no im...

Updated: March 01, 2021 11:22 IST Joe Biden didn't mention Amazon, but specifically referenced “workers in Alabama” in the video and a tweet introducing it Share Article AAA Joe Biden didn't mention Amazon, but specifically referenced “workers in Alabama” in the video and a tweet introducing it U.S. President Joe Biden defended workers' rights to form unions and warned against intimidation of workers in a video posted on Twitter on Sunday night, as Amazon.com Inc employees in Alabama vote on whether to unionise. Mr. Biden didn't mention Amazon, but specifically referenced “worker...

President Biden shows support for workers' right to union vote in Alabama Share Updated: 8:14 PM CST Feb 28, 2021 WVTM 13 Digital TRACKING THE COVID-19 VACCINE Share Updated: 8:14 PM CST Feb 28, 2021 WVTM 13 Digital President Joe Biden is showing support for workers' rights to vote for a labor union in Alabama and across the United States.The President made his statement in a video posted on Twitter this evening.Here's part of what President Biden posted:"Workers in Alabama – and all across America – are voting on whether to organize a unio...

President Joe Biden threw his support behind labor unions in a new video that comes right as Amazon workers in Alabama are voting on whether to unionize.

Font Size: President Joe Biden endorsed the ongoing effort to unionize the workforce at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama, giving hope to labor leaders. Biden tweeted his support for the effort on Sunday, nearly one month after the Bessemer, Alabama warehouse workers began voting in favor of or against unionizing. Biden said workers in Alabama, and nationwide, deserved the right to choose for themselves whether they wanted to join the union, but didn’t mention Amazon by name. “We should encourage unions,” Biden said in a video message. “So let me be really clear: it’s not up to me to d...