union elections. ten stores have voted to join workers united, including the manhattan flagship store. it was in this constitutes that president biden, a pro union guy, head of the party most associated with the labor movement, went to this union conference to deliver this message. that is what unions are about in my view, about providing dignity and respect for people who buster neck. that is why i created the white house task force on work organization empowerment, to make sure the choice to join a union belongs to workers alone. by the way [applause] by the way, amazon, here we come. [applause] that is a remarkable moment. after that from the president, you have to wonder about amazon spokesperson, jay carney, who
from violating coronavirus protocols. according to internal memo, he was targeted and called not smart or articulate. amazon tried to make him the face of the entire unionizing organizing. they got that right. now smalls is taking a brightly earned victory lap after the union vote succeeded on friday. he is in fact the face of the entire movement. it is worth remembering that amazon is not the only large on unionized workforce. in the past few months, there have also been labor incursions into starbucks stores, a store entire notoriously hard to unionize. close to 190 app petition for union elections. ten stores have voted to join workers united, including the manhattan flagship store. it was in this constitutes that president biden, a pro union guy, head of the party most associated with the labor movement, went to this union conference to deliver this message. that is what unions are
they re yelling in my ear. what do you want to say to me? say it! about the twinkie. this is an important moment because bob is making an important point here, he s a pro union guy and now saying you re going to leave the union because they got rid of something you liked. that s right, i also want to make an announcement. to all of our fans out here who like twinkies, i m starting a march on hostess headquarters. it s the union, not twinkie, not hostess. i m going to wipe my mouth. anyone want to join me and also tonight i m doing a vigil at my apartment with candles, foreign twinkies and i am pea going to buy a storage place and put a thousand crates of them in there. can i just make a point that your you alluded to, the unions are what brought hostess down. 60,000 employees 18,500. cost 450 million bucks a
they re yelling in my ear. what do you want to say to me? say it! about the twinkie. this is an important moment because bob is making an important point here, he s a pro union guy and now saying you re going to leave the union because they got rid of something you liked. that s right, i also want to make an announcement. to all of our fans out here who like twinkies, i m starting a march on hostess headquarters. it s the union, not twinkie, not hostess. i m going to wipe my mouth. anyone want to join me and also tonight i m doing a vigil at my apartment with candles, foreign twinkies and i am pea going to buy a storage place and put a thousand crates of them in there. can i just make a point that your you alluded to, the unions are what brought hostess down. 60,000 employees 18,500. cost 450 million bucks a
they want secret ballots for union management. judge napolitano: that is despicable. what they have done by taking sides here, by saying that there is something wrong with the secret ballot, secret ballot is american as apple pie and it has been the standard in this country since the end of the civil war, you vote, nobody looks over your shoulders. a recess appointment to the national labor relations board clearly a pro union guy sits on the board. it is tough to say they are independent and middle of the road. judge napolitano: they are supposed to be independent and middle of the road. they are not. in fairness, republicans appointees favor management and democrats favorer appoint those who favor labor unions but what this board is doing is assaulting a vital core principle of american decisionmaking when you vote no one looks over your shoulder. this is so unlikely to prevail