Left Voice on the RWDSU debacle at Amazon: A lawyers’ brief for union executives
After a lengthy campaign, backed by President Biden and substantial sections of the political establishment and corporate media, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) received only 738 votes in favor, or less than 13 percent of the 5,800 workers at the Bessemer, Alabama, Amazon warehouse.
The humiliating rejection of the RWDSU by Amazon workers has produced a wave of rationalizations and apologetics from the pseudo-left attorneys for the RWDSU executives.
The infamous tent on the last day of voting (Source: WSWS Media)
Among those seeking to salvage the credibility of the RWDSU is