A great American songwriter and singer once wrote ”picket lines and picket signs, don't punish me with brutality, talk to me so you can see, what's going on.” –Marvin Gaye, 1971
Unionization is on the rise in the US, with the NLRB reporting that nion representation petitions filed at the NLRB have increased 57% when compared to the first half of fiscal year 2021.
As has been well publicized in the general media, workers at a large Amazon warehouse in Staten Island, New York recently voted to unionize. This is the first time a union has won an election at any Amazon facility.