Amazon's Union Tipping Point

For years, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has said the company didn’t need unions.

But between pandemic safety concerns and a president said to be the most pro-union since FDR, could an Amazon warehouse in Alabama be the tipping point for unions in America?  

Guests

Steven Greenhouse, freelance journalist. Reporter at the New York Times for 31 years, who covered labor and the workplace for 19 years. Author of “Beaten Down, Worked Up.” (@greenhousenyt)

Karen Weise, New York Times technology correspondent covering Amazon, Microsoft, and the region’s tech scene. (@KYWeise)

Michael Foster, poultry plant worker. Union member. Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) organizer helping in Alabama.

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Rachel Greszler, research fellow in economics, budget and entitlements at the Heritage Foundation.

Excerpt from “Beaten Down, Worked Up” by Steven Greenhouse

In the United States, a country that by many measures is the world’s richest, life has taken a wrong turn for millions of workers. For far too many, the land of opportunity has turned into a land of downsized hopes and shrunken mobility. Many Americans who struggle to pay each month’s bills, who juggle two or three jobs, who bounce from one low-paid gig job to another, ask what has happened to