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A Union Fight at Amazon’s Alabama Warehouse Builds on Civil Rights Work
Labor organizers promote the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union, outside an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, on March 12, 2021.
Photo by Bob Miller / The New York Times / Redux
An attempt by thousands of mostly Black workers to unionize at a fulfillment center gives new life to the labor movement.
Apr 5, 2021
Three days was all it took for Jennifer Bates to feel like she wanted to quit her new job with Amazon.