All I'm going to say is that 1970s manufacturing jobs weren't stable and high paying just because manufacturing magically produces high wage jobs.

They were good jobs because unions fought for high pay and benefits.

There's zero reason Amazon warehouses can't be the same.

I'm also going to say that progress isn't always forward. It's two steps forward, one step back.

It took unions nearly 50 years of organizing before they started making gains in factories.

North Carolina constitutionally banned gay marriage in 2012.

Setbacks happen.

I'm hard on public sector unions, because they're leeches that make government less efficient.

I'm also soft on Amazon because it offers cheap goods and pays workers well.

But I acknowledge that Amazon has been terrible to warehouse workers, and that unionization is needed.

I also support unionization of actual working class people - those working in warehouses and logistics - far more than I support the unionization of white collar college educated workers who already have a good life, but support unionization for left wing aesthetic benefits.

People acting like Amazon is unbeatable because of a failed union vote in....Alabama are being ridiculous.

The South has no labor tradition, and frankly, Amazon employees in Bessmer have good jobs compared to the average worker there.

A lot of workers there are probably content

Another thing I'm going to say?

The Biden administration is going to have a more activist Dept of Labor that will intervene more to stop union busting activities and induce more union votes at workplaces.

The more it happens and is normalized, the more people will try.