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Unionize Amazon? Why the Catholic Church supports labor unions

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April 19, 2021

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Amazon workers have made multiple attempts to unionize in the United States, and none have been successful to date. The latest failed attempt at unionization—at an Amazon facility in Bessemer, Ala.—was defeated by more than two votes to one. On this episode of Behind the Story, America editor Ricardo da Silva, S.J., hosts journalist and writer John Miller and Christine Firer Hinze, chair of the department of theology at Fordham University, to discuss the Catholic understanding of unions and how can individual consumers can respond to ongoing labor disputes at Amazon.

Read more on the fight to unionize Amazon from John Miller

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United StatesBessemer AlawasStory AmericaSilva SJJohn MillerChristine Firer HinzeFordham UniversityAmazon Read

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