Postmortem on Bessemer Amazon Defeat

Labor historian Michael Goldfield, author of The Southern Key, offers his analysis of why the Amazon warehouse union drive in Bessemer, Alabama was unsuccessful and how similar outcomes can be avoided in the future.

Bessemer Union Falls Short, But United Rank-and-File Workers Can and Will Win at Amazon

Unionization efforts at Amazon are not going away. To beat the capitalist behemoth, workers will need to abandon “unionism-as-usual” and empower rank-and-file workers to fight and win organizing drives without relying on the ballot box alone.

Amazon Bullied and Bribed Their Way to Anti-Union Votes, But It’s Not Over Yet

With almost half the votes counted, the votes against the union out-pace the votes for the union 2-1. It's the direct result of the illegal anti-union measures employed by Amazon and the anti-union laws held up by Democrats and Republicans alike.

Why Is It Taking So Damn Long to Get the Results of the Amazon Union Vote?

The last day for mail in-voting on unionization of the Amazon warehouse in Alabama was last Monday. So when will we know the results? The short-hand answer is… we don’t know.

Amazonification Is the Future of Capitalism

Interview with Jake Alimahomed-Wilson, coeditor of The Cost of Free Shipping: Amazon in the Global Economy

The Fight to Unionize Amazon: View from a Costa Rican Call Center

The news that workers at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama are fighting to unionize has spread around the world. Two Amazon workers in Costa Rica tell us how this fight is perceived from those who work in the call center "on the other side of the world."

“Amazon Says It’s Not a Bribe, But It’s a Bribe”: Interview with a Bessemer Amazon Worker

An Amazon worker speaks out about working conditions at the Bessemer warehouse and why they voted for the union.

Amazon Workers in Germany Are on Strike

While everyone is talking about the unionization campaign at Amazon in Alabama, there have also been strikes at Amazon in Germany and Italy. Yet union bureaucrats are holding the struggle back.

Workers in Bessemer Pay Amazon to Have a Facility in Their Town

Workers in Bessemer, Alabama are forced to pay a tax for Amazon’s BHM1 facility. A union could force the state to revoke the policy.