Mike Golash put out the call for ATU members to join other groups holding a rally outside of the P Street Whole Foods in DC in support of Amazon workers fighting for a union in Bessemer, Alabama. Local 689 members joined the picket line in solidarity.
Amazon workers at the Bessemer facility have until the end of the month to return their ballots. Amazon was recently caught red-handed breaking labor laws by placing a post office box to collect mail on the property. The National Labor Relations Board previously ruled that doing so could force workers to feel pressured to vote a certain way and that the bosses might know how they were voting. The Board ruled against Amazon's request for a postal box only to have them immediately ignore the order and go to the USPS and install one anyways. This is just another example of why we need the PRO Act to help strengthen the NLRB's ability to punish companies that break labor laws.
Senator Bernie Sanders partnered with the AFL-CIO and RWDSU to hold a rally in Alabama supporting the campaign. To watch that video click on this link.
If workers in Alabama win, it may spark a wave of unionizing campaigns at Amazon facilities across the country. We need to be ready either way!
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