An Amazon-sponsored billboard urging employees to return their unionisation ballots is seen on March 28, 2021 in Bessemer, Alabama. Employees at the Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer are currently voting on whether to form a union, a decision that could have national repercussions. — AFP
BESSEMER, United States: “Make sure you take care of us!” a worker shouts to two union organisers in orange vests standing at the entrance of Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama – ground zero of a battle over unionising the American retail giant.
The sun is not yet up, but the two organisers Steve and Syrena gamely wave their posters to catch the attention of night-shift workers pouring out of the huge facility and of day-side employees taking over on a foggy Saturday morning.
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An Amazon-sponsored billboard urging employees to return their unionisation ballots is seen on March 28, 2021 in Bessemer, Alabama. Employees at the Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer are currently voting on whether to form a union, a decision that could have national repercussions. — AFP
The Amazon fulfillment warehouse at the center of a unionisation drive is seen on March 28, 2021 in Bessemer, Alabama. Employees at the fulfillment center in Bessemer are currently voting on whether to form a union, a decision that could have national repercussions. — AFP
A person holds a phone showing a text message stating to be from ‘BHM1 leadership’ regarding the unionisation vote of an Amazon.com fulfillment center on March 27, 2021 in Birmingham, Alabama. — AFP
A person holds a phone showing a text message stating to be from ‘BHM1 leadership’ regarding the unionization vote of an Amazon.com fulfillment center on March 27, 2021 in Birmingham, Alabama. — AFP
A person holds ‘Vote Union Yes!’ signs during a protest in solidarity with Black Lives Matter, Stop Asian Hate and the unionization of Amazon.com Inc fulfillment center workers at Kelly Ingram Park on March 27, 2021 in Birmingham, Alabama. — AFP
People hold pro-union signs during a rally at the Amazon Spheres and headquarters in solidarity with Amazon workers hoping to unionise in Bessemer, Alabama, in Seattle, Washington on March 26, 2021. — AFP
Preston Sahabu, 27, with Academic Workers Union (UAW) 4121 at the University of Washington, is pictured during a rally at the Amazon Spheres and headquarters in solidarity with Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, who hope to unionize, in Seattle, Washington on March 26, 2021. — AFP
People hold pro-union signs and rally outside a Whole Foods Market after marching from Amazon headquarters in solidarity with Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, who hope to unionize, in Seattle, Washington on March 26, 2021. — AFP
