Biden Urges Amazon Workers to Vote in Alabama Unionization Drive
- ‘The choice to join a union is up to the workers,’ Biden said
- Mail-in voting for 6,000 workers began in mid-February
Joe Biden
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President Joe Biden is voicing support for organizing efforts at an Amazon.com Inc. warehouse in Alabama, saying workers should be able to make their own choice about whether to join a union, free from pressure and threats from the company.
“Let me be really clear: It’s not up to me to decide whether anyone should join a union. But let me be even more clear: It’s not up to an employer to decide that either,” Biden said in a direct-to-camera video produced by the White House and given first to Bloomberg News. “The choice to join a union is up to the workers -- full stop, full stop.”