Support keeps building for #BAmazon union drive, Biden feels pressure
By Martha Grevatt posted on March 2, 2021
A people’s movement against an anti-people corporation has intensified, backing the union drive at Amazon’s Bessemer, Ala., warehouse. The courageous Southern union warriors are finally starting to get the support they need and deserve.
People’s Organization for Progress rally to support Amazon workers outside Whole Foods, Newark, N.J., Feb. 27.
Some three dozen organizations loaned their names to a letter urging President Joe Biden to come out on the side of the Amazon workers fighting for a union. Biden had angered unionists and progressives for publicly taking a “neutral” stance on the representation election taking place now through March 29. Signers included UNITE HERE and Flight Attendants (AFA-CWA) unions, Maine AFL-CIO, the National Employment Law Project and the Working Families Party.
Actor Danny Glover comes to Bessemer to show support for Amazon union push
Updated Feb 22, 2021;
Facebook Share
“How you doin’?” asked the tall, lean stranger behind the pale blue surgical mask.
He was standing outside the main entrance to Amazon’s Bessemer fulfillment center this afternoon, holding a sign up for cars leaving the complex. The sign read, “Remember Mail Your Yes Ballot.” Occasionally, he gave a wave as the sun went down behind him.
“Hey, you know who that is?” one person told a driver. “That’s Danny Glover!”
“Stay strong!” Glover said, giving a thumbs up. The actor was in Bessemer this afternoon showing his support for workers looking to organize at the warehouse. A mail-in vote began earlier this month among more than 5,000 employees at the center to see if they want representation by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU).