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Alabama’s Amazon union push latest chapter in state’s tumultuous labor history
Updated Feb 11, 2021;
Posted Feb 11, 2021
A man stands along Powder Plant Road with a sign encouraging Amazon employees to vote yes for a union, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. (William Thornton/al.com)
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A mail-in vote beginning this week on whether employees at Amazon’s Bessemer fulfillment center can be represented by a union has garnered worldwide attention, in no small part because of Alabama’s reputation as a right-to-work state.
But Alabama’s history shows a persistent, and in some cases, strong history of union agitation and action.