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Mar 2021
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Alabama shakes up Amazon

Vox
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Darryl Richardson, a worker at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, explains why he helped initiate a unionization effort that now has President Biden’s support. Recode’s Jason Del Rey explains how the Bessemer vote could be a game changer for American labor.

Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.

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