Amazon Fires Alabama Union Leader Who Helped Spark a National Wave of Organizing

Amazon on Friday fired Jennifer Bates, a warehouse worker and lead spokesperson of the unionization campaign in Bessemer, Alabama, without cause. The Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU) described Bates as the “woman who lit the spark of the current rise of labor activism.” Her termination comes as the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) continues to investigate RWDSU’s claims…

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