Arizona Tribune - 'Amazon, here we come': Biden cheers US union drive

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'Amazon, here we come': Biden cheers US union drive

ECONOMY 06.04.2022

President Joe Biden sang praises for organized labor once again Wednesday, hailing last week's triumph by union backers at Amazon as a sign of what is possible throughout the United States.

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"That's what unions are about in my view, by providing dignity and respect for people who" work hard, the US president said during a speech to a construction workers union.

The Democratic president, a self-professed "union guy," alluded to his White House task force on union organizing to "make sure the choice to join a union belongs to workers alone," Biden said.

"By the way: Amazon, here we come!"

The remarks came after Friday's landmark ballot in which workers at a New York warehouse voted to establish the first US union at Amazon.

D.Johnson--AT

Arizona Tribune - 'Amazon, here we come': Biden cheers US union drive

'Amazon, here we come': Biden cheers US union drive

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