On April 1, Amazon warehouse workers in New York voted to form the first union in the company’s history. Their unlikely victory against the $1.5 trillion behemoth’s union-busting campaign is arguably the most significant accomplishment for labor rights since the 1930s.
Together with newly formed Starbucks unions across the country, including Chicago, a post-pandemic labor rights movement could represent a turning point in union influence. We must seize the momentum generated by the Amazon workers’ victory and pressure Congress to pass durable labor reform legislation.
