Thread by @MorePerfectUS

Lawmakers were in Alabama today to challenge Amazon and support the Black women-led workers who are trying to form a union.

We were in the room when workers shared stories like this, of being injured on the job & then battling Amazon management. (1/)

.@CoriBush, @JamaalBowmanNY, @RepTerriSewell, @NikemaWilliams & @Andy_Levin traveled to Birmingham & Bessemer to hear from Amazon workers trying to form the company’s first U.S. union. (2/)

Amazon has enormous control over the local economy.

1 out of every 10 households in Birmingham has an Amazon worker living in it.

This is the power Amazon workers are up against as they try to organize a union.

“Workers were signing union cards out their car window in front of Amazon management.”

Josh Brewer, the lead RWDSU organizer, shared the overwhelming response from Amazon workers at the prospect of a union. (4/)

“All of these Amazon workers stand in the same tradition as John Lewis, as Amelia Boynton Robinson, as those foot soldiers who dared to change the world by having the audacity to stand up for their rights.” - @RepTerriSewell (5/)

“These workers are going up against one of the most powerful companies in the world — the very symbol, in a way, of the whole global economy today. And I am just so inspired.” - @Andy_Levin (6/)

Jeff Bezos is in Bessemer, Alabama, at this very moment according to @JamaalBowmanNY (7/)

"The people united will never be defeated!"



@CoriBush, @JamaalBowmanNY, @RepTerriSewell, @NikemaWilliams & @Andy_Levin stand with @BAmazonUnion (8/8)