{"id":185837,"date":"2021-03-01T20:30:06","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T01:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=185837"},"modified":"2021-03-01T20:30:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T01:30:12","slug":"biden-signals-support-for-amazon-workers-vote-to-unionize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-signals-support-for-amazon-workers-vote-to-unionize\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Signals Support For Amazon Workers\u2019 Vote To Unionize"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-signals-support-for-amazon-workers-vote-to-unionize%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=185837&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/E7291CC2-9E83-46BB-99CF-C8C73B69F664_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>In a video message on Sunday, President Joe Biden signaled support for Amazon workers in Alabama who have been attempting to unionize but without mentioning the specificities of the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of this week, approximately 6,000 workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, will vote on whether or not they want to be represented by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU). If the vote is successful, the workers would represent the first grouping of the company\u2019s American workers to join a union. Biden notably did not mention the specifics of the situation, although he did reference Alabama workers in his tweet.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s tweet stated, \u201cWorkers in Alabama \u2013 and all across America \u2013 are voting on whether to organize a union in their workplace. It\u2019s a vitally important choice \u2013 one that should be made without intimidation or threats by employers. Every worker should have a free and fair choice to join a union.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Workers in Alabama \u2013 and all across America \u2013 are voting on whether to organize a union in their workplace. It\u2019s a vitally important choice \u2013 one that should be made without intimidation or threats by employers.<\/p>\n<p>Every worker should have a free and fair choice to join a union. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2lzbyyii1g\">pic.twitter.com\/2lzbyyii1g<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 President Biden (@POTUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1366191901196644354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During his campaign for president, Biden claimed that he would be the \u201cmost pro-union president\u201d and has long made efforts to improve conditions for working-class voters a main component of his political persona. In the video, Biden stressed the importance of workers voting on their own without pressure from employers.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, a group of 50 congressional members expressed their support of the Amazon workers\u2019 efforts to create a union with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU).<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.andylevinforcongress.com\/single-post\/levin-leads-colleagues-in-letter-to-amazon-to-cease-union-busting-tactics\">letter<\/a> to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, the lawmakers referenced Biden\u2019s Executive Order that states, \u201cIt is the policy of the United States to encourage union organizing and collective bargaining.\u201d\u00a0 The congresspeople added that expanding collective bargaining not only has the ability to help workers, but it can also be beneficial to management. \u201cWorkers who belong to unions earn higher wages, have more paid time off, and negotiate improved health care coverage, which can strengthen their families and communities and help the company with improved morale and reduced turnover, recruitment, training and other costs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.andylevinforcongress.com\/single-post\/levin-leads-colleagues-in-letter-to-amazon-to-cease-union-busting-tactics\">letter<\/a> also claims that the Alabama workers are \u201cfocused on advancing racial equity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It continues, telling Bezos,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>This is an opportunity for your company to chart a new course and break with your history of disempowering workers. From using so-called \u2018flex\u2019 workers to avoid paying full benefits to your employees, to failing to provide complete data on COVID-19 spread in the workplace, to spying on employees seeking to organize a union, Amazon has a clear pattern of denying workers dignity on the job. During this campaign in Alabama, you have attempted to coerce your employees out of exercising their voices with misleading text messages and anti-union propaganda and force in-person voting during a pandemic that has resulted in the deaths of nearly 500,000 Americans.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>President Biden was also the recipient of a letter on the topic. Last week, a few dozen advocacy groups wrote to him, asking him to show his support for the workers in Alabama.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.economicliberties.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Biden_Amazon-Union-Letter_2.25_updated.pdf\">letter<\/a> states, \u201cWe write to urge you to publicly voice support for the unionization effort of Amazon warehouse workers currently underway in Bessemer, Alabama. These brave individuals are providing an inspiring and important example of collective labor action, and deserve the backing of not just all Americans, but specifically their federal government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The groups went on to say that \u201cOne of the most important things a president can do to help working people is to have their backs when they challenge corporate power, providing public support to the idea that Americans have a right to bargain collectively for better working conditions\u2026This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to make that pledge a reality. We urge you to lend all your support to the Amazon workers in Bessemer. They deserve nothing less.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span>member<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a video message on Sunday, President Joe Biden signaled support for Amazon workers in Alabama who have been attempting to unionize but without mentioning the specificities of the situation. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274509,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/E7291CC2-9E83-46BB-99CF-C8C73B69F664_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Signals Support For Amazon Workers\u2019 Vote To Unionize","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/E7291CC2-9E83-46BB-99CF-C8C73B69F664_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Signals Support For Amazon Workers\u2019 Vote To Unionize","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}