#Bessemer

Business Insider

BusinessInsider

Amazon employees in Bessemer, Alabama, voted overwhelmingly against unionizing this week. Experts said Amazon's anti-union push proved companies have too much power over workers.https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-union-vote-bessemer

Robert Reich

RBReich

Let me be clear: The Amazon union fight is far from over. For seven weeks, Amazon pulled out all the stops in its most blatant anti-union blitz yet. Workers were

Mike Maffie

maffiemd

To put the Amazon union vote in context, I've gathered all the NLRB certification election data from 2016-2020. Using bargaining units of 25 or more workers (n= 1,956), here is

Nantina Vgontzas

nantarsya

I began writing this piece long before @BAmazonUnion, at the height of pandemic organizing this time last year. But I was happy to publish it now in part bc of

Peter C. Cook

petercook

The media brought their preconceived notions and biases to the #Amazon union fight (all the while parroting the union's talking points) without actually asking the *workers* themselves what they wanted...

Ryan Kekeris

punished_ryan

Apropos of nothing, we need the PRO Act because nearly every fucking thing Amazon did to harass and intimidate their workers throughout the election in Bessemer (which took longer than

Charmaine Chua

CharmaineSChua

Yes, the losing vote in Bessemer is a sign of a failed campaign. But it's also confirmation that workers are up against one of the most voracious corporate giants in

lyft yourself up by uber’s trap

KFLCIO

Really bummed about the loss in Bessemer, but am equally bummed about the birdbrained takes on here trashing the workers down there. There are so many factors at play in

THE BEST TIME TO ORGANIZE WAS YESTERDAY ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

parsonshanged

There are a lot of down feelings today over the Bessemer Amazon campaign so I'm going to start a thread about the victory of the 1800 nurses at Mission Hospital

More Perfect Union

MorePerfectUS

BREAKING: More Perfect Union has obtained emails showing that Amazon privately pressured USPS to install an illegal ballot dropbox during the union election in Bessemer, AL.The emails directly contradict public

Jeff Traywick

jtraywick

“Just how many @amazon employees are pro union”. This is a key question that I haven’t seen many reporters ask. The narrative is this is a worker led unionization effort.

Britney's Gram

BritneysGram

Great news from court today! Judge Penny approved Samuel Ingham’s request to add litigation counsel Loeb & Loeb to his team. This is a huge step in allowing Ingham to

Spike Cohen

RealSpikeCohen

This man's name is Sean Worsley. He's a disabled veteran who served in Iraq, and he's facing five years in prison for possessing marijuana that a doctor prescribed to him.

Beth Shelburne

bshelburne

THREAD: If you think everyone with a life sentence deserves to die in prison, meet Mr. Alvin Kennard. He served 36 years for a $50 robbery of a bakery until

Andy Levin

Andy_Levin

I’m watching the vote count LIVE in the NLRB election among Amazon workers in Bessemer, AL. The crush of congressional business is great, but I’m so nervous I can’t tear

DM

den_mag2005

@SurpriseWitnes @LisaMaccarley @AdamStreisand So I think I might have stumbled onto something. I don’t really know how to process this, but maybe you smart ones can help. Digging into my