Here's what to know about round two of the high-stakes Amazon union election:
, approximately half the 20.1% figure seen the first year data was collected in 1983.
"What I think it says is that our current labor law system isn't functioning effectively," Colvin added. With the federal minimum wage -- and Alabama's -- unchanged for decades at $7.25 per hour, Amazon's starting pay of at least $15 an hour makes it a relatively lucrative option for many.Democratic members of Congress join representatives of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union gather outside an Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer, Ala., on March 5, 2021, to advocate for the ongoing unionization vote at the sprawling campus.
Smalls, who is Black, sees unionizing Amazon's workers as a racial justice issue both in the South, where Black workers have historically been oppressed by anti-labor policies, and at Amazon facilities in predominantly Black and Brown communities across the country. "There's a really important element of racial justice in here," she said."When you take a step back and you think about Amazon, I mean very few companies have had the kind of financial success and in a pandemic that Amazon has had."An aerial image shows the Amazon.com, Inc. BHM1 fulfillment center in Bessemer, Ala., on March 29, 2021.
Kinder added that Amazon's famously high turnover rate could have some impact on the second election, telling ABC News,"I think it could go either way."
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