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Efforts to unionize an Amazon warehouse in Alabama are officially over for now, after workers at a facility in Bessemer voted no to forming a collective bargaining unit. The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store union has accused Amazon of manipulating the vote and intimidating employees to say no to unionizing. It plans on challenging the results, while Amazon denies the allegations. Margaret O'Mara, a professor at the University of Washington who researches the history of tech companies, joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano to discuss.
Amazon has overcome a historic effort to unionize workers at its warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama. Roughly two-thirds of the more than 3,000 employees voted against unionizing. Rep. Andy Levin of Michigan's ninth congressional district spearheaded the efforts to help Amazon workers unionize. He spoke with Lana Zak about the vote and why the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union is accusing Amazon of taking "egregious and blatantly illegal actions during the union vote."
In a big defeat for organized labor, Amazon has defeated efforts to unionize workers at its warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama.
Two-thirds of votes in historic union election oppose joining, but legal challenges will prolong final result.
Bezos said "concessions" will be needed to support President Joe Biden's "bold investments in American infrastructure."
Final results might be delayed for days or weeks depending on the number of legal challenges.
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New research shows trust in the tech sector has declined and reached all-time lows in 17 out of 27 surveyed countries. According to a report from the global communications firm Edelman, trust in Big Tech fell 10% between 2019 and 2021. The U.S. saw the greatest decline, with the tech sector going from being the most trusted industry in 2020, to the ninth trusted in 2021. Edelman CEO Richard Edelman joins CBSN's Lana Zak with analysis.
The accounts had computer-generated avatars, mocked workers' bathroom usage and called union supporters "not team players."
Workers at an Amazon warehouse outside of Birmingham, Alabama cast ballots on whether to unionize at the facility. If the vote passes, it would be the company's first unionized warehouse in U.S. Rebecca Rainey, an employment and immigration reporter for Politico, joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano to discuss the latest on the union push.
A victory by organized labor in Bessemer, Alabama, could set off a chain reaction at nation's No. 2 private employer.
"They know if you succeed here, it will spread all over this country," Sanders told warehouse workers.
"Sanders would rather talk in Alabama than act in Vermont," company tweeted as Sanders spoke at pro-union rally.
Many Americans are planning to their new $1,400 stimulus checks in the stock market. Companies like Amazon, GameStop, and AMC Entertainment may start seeing a boost over the next few weeks, but some finance experts are concerned. CBS MoneyWatch senior reporter Stephen Gandel joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano to break it all down.
Amazon campus in Alabama hosts a union vote by 6,000 workers that could change the retail giant and even the South itself.
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President Joe Biden released a video over the weekend discussing his support for the right of workers to unionize, ahead of a vote by workers at an Amazon facility in Alabama on unionizing. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes joins CBSN AM to talk about the significance of the message.