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Opinion | Amazon and the South's Strong Union History


A chemical plant near Muscle Shoals, Ala., in the 1940s.Credit.Buyenlarge/Getty Images
The Deep South is not generally known for its labor agitation, which is why it might come as a surprise for some to learn that it is in Alabama where workers have mounted one of the largest and most aggressive efforts to unionize Amazon in recent memory.
More than 2,000 workers at a fulfillment center in the city of Bessemer, just outside Birmingham, have indicated support for a union election. An estimated 85 percent of the work force is Black, and their union drive which ties labor issues to Black Lives Matter and issues of racial equality illustrates the extent to which racism and class exploitation are tied up with each other. ....

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