Union bosses don’t care whether Amazon workers want them

By Mark Mix

Published June 1, 2021 4:00am ET

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Union bosses don’t care whether Amazon workers want them — A banner encouraging workers to vote in labor balloting is shown at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. Organizers are pushing for some 6,000 Amazon workers to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union on the promise it will lead to better working conditions, better pay and more respect. Amazon is pushing back, arguing that it already offers more than twice the minimum wage in Alabama and workers get such benefits as health care, vision and dental insurance without paying union dues. | (Jay Reeves/AP)

“You can vote any way you want, as long as you vote yes.”

That’s the message officials of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union are sending to Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama.

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