The Verge

MAY 7, 2021

A new phase of the historic union vote by Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama begins today. Things are not over,” says Veena Dubal, a law professor at the University of California, Hastings. “We Earlier this year, after a months-long union busting campaign, workers voted 1,798 to 738 against forming a union.

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The Verge

MARCH 26, 2021

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The Verge

APRIL 4, 2022

Another key difference between the successful drive in Staten Island and the thus far unsuccessful union drive in Bessemer, Alabama: ALU was independent, and the Bessemer organizing efforts were done in coordination with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), an 85-year-old labor union that already represents thousands of workers.

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The Verge

MAY 21, 2021

For months during the union drive, Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, felt like they were being watched. Managers came up to peoples’ workstations to ask how they felt about the organizing campaign. RWDSU is trying to convince the labor board to throw out the results of the vote by proving Amazon violated US labor law.

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The Verge

MARCH 28, 2021

For the last seven weeks, workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama , have been voting by mail on whether to unionize. The vote is taking place at an Amazon warehouse called BHM1 in Bessemer, Alabama, outside Birmingham. The RWDSU has also framed the campaign as a matter of civil rights and racial justice. “A

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

What he didnt expect was that the campaign would transform from a marathon into a race without a finish line. Wilcox has since filed a lawsuit contesting her firing, arguing that it violated some of the very labor laws she previously enforced.)

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

One of President Donald Trumps major promises during the 2024 presidential campaign was to launch mass deportations of immigrants living in the U.S. For example, a 2011 Alabama law called HB-56 directed local police officers to investigate the immigration status of drivers stopped for speeding. without legal authorization.

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The Verge

JULY 15, 2020

As Leah Nylen noted in that report: “Alabama is now the only state that is not investigating the company.”. Other campaigning, including online, is still allowed to happen though. One reader put it this way: “Our blackout is on radio and TV only. Baiju Kalesh, Anto Antony, Manuel Baigorri, and Saritha Rai / Bloomberg).

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The Verge

JULY 14, 2020

Politicians get access to Facebook’s ad platform for the vast majority of the campaign — and for the most part, their lies will still not be subject to fact-checking. But in the waning days of the campaign, candidates will have to turn elsewhere for paid promotion. Alabama is now the only state that is not investigating the company.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Signaling a major shift in civil rights enforcement, the federal agency that enforces workplace anti-discrimination laws has moved to dismiss six of its own cases on behalf of workers alleging gender identity discrimination, arguing that the cases now conflict with President Donald Trump’s recent executive order , court documents say.

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