Labor union bosses were so eager to win the battle of Bessemer, Alabama, that they called in a favor from the very top. They got President Joe Biden himself to use the office of the presidency inappropriately to urge Amazon workers in that Alabama city to vote to unionize.

Ahead of the vote, union organizers were making contingency plans in case they came up short. Their plan was to challenge the result based on tedious nitpicking. For example, they accused Amazon management of improperly interfering in the election by (gasp!) having a USPS mailbox installed outside of their facility.