Amazon workers begin voting in landmark US union push

[Wicked Blue]

Agence France-Presse
February 09, 2021

Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama have begun voting on whether to form the first American union at the e-commerce giant, an effort that could pave the way for further unionization in the United States at one of the world's most powerful companies.

Amazon is the second-largest employer in the US with an 800,000-strong workforce, most of whom are "essential workers" who cannot do their jobs from home during the coronavirus pandemic.

'There have been a series of protests around the United States on safety and working conditions at Amazon, with the pandemic increasing pressure on its distribution network even as profits soar.

Employees at its BHM1 facility in Bessemer, Alabama, notified authorities of their plan to unionize in November.

https://www.rawstory.com/amazon-workers-begin-voting-in-landmark-us-union-push/

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1. THIS is why Bezos left "to spend more time with family and charity."

And because Biden knows that businesses this big are bad for business. And bad for workers. We don't need another Walmart.

[Omaha Steve]

2. K&R!

[leftstreet]

3. DURec