Amazon The Defensive
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🗓️ 20 April 2021
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
President Biden held bipartisan meetings yesterday to find some middle ground for his massive infrastructure bill. On the left, AOC and Bernie Sanders introduced their own version of the bill with a larger commitment to public housing. But passing any infrastructure bill will likely require budget reconciliation as long as the filibuster remains in place.
The union that sought to represent Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, formally filed objections last Friday to the results of the election there. Workers voted overwhelmingly not to unionize, but the union says that result should be thrown out because Amazon illegally interfered in the process. We discuss their argument.
And in headlines: attorneys deliver closing arguments in the trial of Derek Chauvin, India experiences an explosive surge of COVID-19 cases, and President Biden will consider making cigarettes less addictive.
Show Notes –
Read the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union's filing against Amazon for the recent unionization vote – https://bit.ly/3aqyI0J
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| 0:00.0 | It's Tuesday, April 20th. I'm Kila Hughes. |
| 0:08.7 | And I'm getting in rest like, and this is what a day where we are celebrating 420 by releasing |
| 0:13.1 | a daily news podcast. That's right. We are just blazing through these headlines. |
| 0:17.9 | Yeah, we are doing this with a joint effort from the two of us and we hope you enjoy it. |
| 0:33.4 | On today's show, a legal challenge in the Amazon Union vote and then some headlines. |
| 0:37.4 | But first, the latest. |
| 0:39.2 | Port's Airports Rail Transit Infrastructure. Infrastructure. |
| 0:42.0 | Okay. That was transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg talking about everyone's favorite subject lately. |
| 0:50.2 | Infrastructure. That's because President Biden held bipartisan meetings yesterday to get some |
| 0:54.8 | kind of agreed to middle ground for his massive infrastructure bill. So, Kila, what is going on with it? |
| 1:00.9 | Yeah. So, Biden held his second meeting with members of both parties regarding the $2 trillion bill |
| 1:05.9 | that he's proposed to drastically improve our raggedy country. He says he's willing to compromise some, |
| 1:11.2 | you know, fingers crossed. This doesn't affect the stronger, cheaper Wi-Fi portion of the bill. |
| 1:14.9 | Like, even right now, my Wi-Fi is cutting out and I am frozen on Zoom. But it likely won't matter |
| 1:20.2 | as Democrats have signaled they'll just go through budget reconciliation if the Republicans think |
| 1:24.6 | bridges that don't collapse is too much to ask. Yeah, it is not too much to ask. That's the answer. |
| 1:29.5 | I don't think so. The bill is a wide-reaching and to push it further to the left, House Representative |
| 1:34.3 | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Bernie Sanders have introduced their own bill. They did it |
| 1:38.8 | as a way to say that Biden's proposal isn't nearly enough and here is what they are looking for. |
| 1:43.4 | So, this new bill outlined an investment of $172 billion in green solutions to public housing, |
| 1:49.2 | which is triple what Biden proposed. So, are there compromises being made on the left as well? |
| 1:54.4 | Well, it seems like they're inevitably will be. Progressive lawmakers from all over are making |
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