The Birmingham mayor tweeted his support for the workers to unionize a day after tweeting he backed workers “who wish to organize and those who do not."
Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin said Tuesday that he supports the effort by Amazon workers at the company’s Bessemer facility to unionize, a day after he tweeted that he represents “all workers those who wish to organize and those who do not.” Some construed the earlier tweet as the mayor not taking a stance on whether the Amazon Bessemer employees should unionize, with several Twitter .
Tensions high at Amazon warehouse as milestone union vote gets underway
On their way to and from the sprawling warehouse facility in Bessemer, Alabama, Amazon workers see union representatives holding signs encouraging them to vote “yes” for a union. But inside the facility, workers have frequently been pulled into meetings informing them of Amazon’s stance that a union is an unnecessary expense. Even when they sit on the toilet, they see anti-union signage on the bathroom stall.
For weeks, tension has been building at this warehouse in a small town in central Alabama ahead of a milestone vote, beginning this week, on whether to form what would be the first US union in Amazon’s nearly 27-year history.