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Biden supports Amazon employees: "Their right to form an association"
More than 5,800 Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama are voting this month to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Association.
U.S. President Joe Biden made it clear in a Twitter post that he supports their right to form: "My administration's policy will be to support the right to form and the right to bargain collectively."
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Roi Barak
Monday, 01 March 2021, 14:24
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A spirit a little different from that of Trump.
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Amazon warehouse workers at Eid Basar in Alabama who are currently voting to form a workers' union have been backed by the country's number one citizen - President Joe Biden.
"Every employee has the right to decide whether to join a trade union. The law guarantees this right. And it is your right, and not your employers' - no employer can take that right away from you," the president said.
"Today and over the next few days and weeks, workers in Alabama and across America are voting whether to organize a union in their workplace," Biden said in a video that shared a tweet on his Twitter account without using the explicit name of the Internet commerce giant.
"This is very important - it is a very important choice, because America is currently facing a deadly epidemic, economic crisis and racial disparities - which expose the deep disparities that still exist in our country. There must be no threats and propaganda against unions in the workplace. Trade union.
"Every worker has the right to decide whether to join a trade union," he added. "The law guarantees this right.
And this is your right, not your employer's - no employer can take that right away from you.
"So make your voice heard, may God bless you and may God protect the workers and their families who are trying to make a fair living," he said.
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5,800 workers choose whether or not to join a trade union
More than 5,800 warehouse workers at the facility are voting this month whether to join the retail, wholesale and department store association.
The vote, which runs through March 29, will determine whether workers join Amazon's first U.S. Warehouse Association. If it succeeds, it will also be a big win for the labor union in the south, an area considered difficult to incorporate.
Voting organizers say they are fighting for better terms The union is expected to give workers more influence in any dispute with management and allow them to negotiate collectively on safety terms, training, work day breaks, pay and other benefits.Many
Amazon warehouses in Europe operate under union contracts, but in America the situation is different. January Amazon asked to postpone the vote on the formation of the union, asking federal employment authorities to reconsider the decision to allow workers to mail their votes due to the plague. Workers' representatives opposed a move that would diminish the number of voters and may even threaten some to vote.
Wall Street did not build America
Even before Biden specifically addressed the workers' vote in Alabama, he laid out his doctrine about the importance of workers, while not sparing criticism from employers and Wall Street.
"I've been saying this for a long time," Biden said, "America was not built by Wall Street. It was built by the middle class, and trade unions did not build the middle class. The unions put the power in the hands of the workers. They give you a voice. "Stronger for your health, for your safety, with higher wages, give protection from racial discrimination, from sexual harassment."
The president added that "the trade unions are lifting the workers up - the unionized and the non-unionized. And especially those with brown or black skin."
During the presidential campaign, Biden was seen in factories as well as in demonstrations in favor of raising the minimum wage and safeguarding workers' rights.
Many criticized him for this, as for years Biden was considered the "representative of the banking and insurance companies" in the Capitol.
It seems that in this video Biden seeks to make clear that he fully stands behind what he has said in the past year regarding the importance of trade unions.
"I have made it clear in the past in the election campaign that my administration's policy will be to support the right to form a union and the right to bargain collectively. I stand by my promise.
He added that "so I want to be clear. It does not depend on my decision whether someone should join a trade union. But let me be even clearer: it also does not depend on the decision of any employer. The right to form is of the workers alone."
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