On this edition of Your Call, we are getting an update on the vote to unionize at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama. Nearly 6,000 workers began voting by mail in early February. If a majority of workers vote yes, Bessemer will be the first Amazon warehouse in the country to unionize.
The results, which are expected at the end of the month, will ripple across the labor movement. How is this historic movement in Alabama impacting other unionization efforts and what will it mean for the future of work?
Guests:
Chris Smalls, former Amazon warehouse management assistant in Staten Island and founder of The Congress of Essential Workers
Steven Greenhouse, longtime labor reporter and author of Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor
Web Resources:
The American Prospect: ‘Everyone in the Community Is Cheering Us On’
The New York Times: How Amazon Crushes Unions
Vox: An unholy union
The New York Times: ” We Didn’t Sign Up for This’: Amazon Workers on the Front Lines”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UfsYEjoeVc
