The Union Makes U.S. Strong with Sara Nelson
What A Day
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4.6 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2021
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Tomorrow, the National Labor Relations Board is set to hold a hearing into the failed unionization vote of workers at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, with the union that sought to represent the workers alleging foul-play. We spoke with Sara Nelson, head of the Association of Flight Attendants, about the hearing, and the state of the labor movement in the U.S. more generally. Nelson has been a lead figure in supporting Amazon workers and unions across the country.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Thursday, May 6th. I'm Kila Hughes. |
| 0:08.8 | And I'm Gideon Resick and this is what a day where we are looking forward to working |
| 0:12.0 | from the office and by office we mean swimming pool. |
| 0:15.0 | Yeah, and by working we mean not working. |
| 0:17.6 | Hahaha. |
| 0:25.6 | On today's show, a look forward to the future of labor. |
| 0:28.7 | The evidence against Amazon in this investigation and review about whether or not to order another |
| 0:35.2 | election is extremely clear and fulsome. |
| 0:40.1 | That's Sarah Nelson, head of the Union, the Association of Flight Attendants, who has |
| 0:44.3 | been a lead figure in supporting Amazon workers and unions across the country. |
| 0:48.5 | Tomorrow, the National Labor Relations Board or the NLRB is set to hold a hearing into |
| 0:53.0 | the failed unionization vote of the workers at the Amazon warehouse in Besamer, Alabama. |
| 0:58.0 | The union that sought to represent them will make the case that Amazon did several things |
| 1:01.6 | to interfere with the final result. |
| 1:03.5 | And if the board agrees, there could be a do over. |
| 1:05.7 | That's right. |
| 1:06.7 | And before we knew this hearing would definitely happen. |
| 1:08.8 | I spoke to Nelson a couple of weeks ago about the prospect of another vote here, the future |
| 1:12.8 | of unions more broadly in America, but also what she saw Amazon was doing on the ground |
| 1:17.6 | before that first vote took place in Alabama. |
| 1:20.1 | They put a mailbox on company property. |
| 1:23.3 | I saw it myself with the tent around it saying vote here with cameras trained on that |
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