Joe Biden, Working-Class Hero
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Joe Biden speaking at the Plumbers Union Local 27 training center during his presidential campaign, October 10, 2020, in Erie, Pennsylvania
Joe Biden said
what? That unions âgive you a stronger voice for your health, your safety, higher wages, protections from racial discrimination and sexual harassment. Unions lift up workers, both union and non-union, and especially Black and brown workers.â
And he said this in a video he addressed to the largely Black workers who are now voting whether to unionize the Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse of Amazonâby various metrics, Americaâs most powerful corporation, and one thatâs been relentlessly hostile to its employeesâ efforts to unionize.