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“I’m sorry Mr. Bezos won’t join our hearing on income and wealth inequality,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders ADVERTISEMENT “As the wealthiest person on earth, I’d love to hear his reasoning as to why he is vigorously opposing a union organizing effort at Amazon which would improve wages and benefits for struggling workers,” said Sanders, who publicly invited Bezos to attend earlier this month. An Amazon spokesperson told The Hill that Bezos is “unable to attend the hearing.” They did not immediately respond to follow-up questions about the reasons for his absence. Bezos’s absenc...

"The days of conservatives being taken for granted by the business community are over," Rubio wrote. "Here's my standard: When the conflict is between working Americans and a company whose leadership has decided to wage culture war against working-class values, the choice is easy — I support the workers. And that's why I stand with those at Amazon's Bessemer warehouse today." Last month, close to 6,000 workers at Amazon's Bessemer warehouse began voting by mail on whether to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, kicking off the first major unionization effort within the c...

“Positive words for workers organizing at Amazon are welcome, but positive actions for workers organizing everywhere distinguish true champions from political pandering,” AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka said in a statement Friday. “If you oppose the PRO Act, then you’re not pro-worker and you’re not pro-union,” he added. ADVERTISEMENT Rubio became the first major GOP lawmaker to back the unionization fight at Amazon’s Bessemer, Ala., plant in a USA Today op-ed Friday. The piece did not defend the nascent union effort because of its push for worker rights. Rather, Rubio’s argu...

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...

By Annie Palmer, CNBC • Updated on February 28, 2021 at 9:26 pm Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Without calling out Amazon, President Joe Biden on Sunday expressed support for workers "in Alabama and all across America" who are moving to unionize. Amazon workers at a warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, began voting by mail earlier this month on whether to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. Biden also discouraged employers from interfering in union elections: "There should be no intimidation, no coercion, no threats, no anti-union propaganda." Without naming Amazon speci...