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    Biden Backs Amazon Warehouse Workers' Union Drive

    More than 5,800 warehouse workers at the Bessemer, Ala., Amazon facility are voting this month on whether to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union.
    by Jaclyn Diaz Mar 01, 2021 2 minutes
    More than 5,800 warehouse workers at the Bessemer, Ala., Amazon facility are voting this month on whether to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. Supporters are protesting in solidarity with those workers.

    Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama voting to unionize won the backing of an important executive.

    Without naming the massive e-commerce company specifically, President Biden said in a video posted late Sunday that he supports the organizing drive in Bessemer, Ala.

    "Today and over the next few days and weeks, workers in Alabama and all

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