Human Rights Watch: Amazon Unionization Effort Spotlights Need for US Labor Reform
December 23, 2020
December 23, 2020
NEW YORK, Dec. 23 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release:
It is hard to imagine a less hospitable environment in the United States for workers to organize than Alabama, where state law seriously curtails unions. But that is exactly what a group of Amazon warehouse employees in Bessemer, Alabama are attempting. In November, they notified the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) of their intent to hold a vote on whether to unionize.
But failed promises f . . .
It is hard to imagine a less hospitable environment in the United States for workers to organize than Alabama, where state law seriously curtails unions. But that is exactly what a group of Amazon warehouse employees in Bessemer, Alabama are attempting. In November, they notified the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) of their intent to hold a vote on whether to unionize.
But failed promises f . . .