2021 - Amazon Fights Unionization, American Democracy Stressed by 2020 Election

TMI with Aldous Tyler

English - April 02, 2021 16:00 - 58 minutes - 79.7 MB
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As efforts by the workforce at Amazon's Bessemer, Alabama facility to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union ramp up, Amazon has been engaging in dirty tactics to frighten, intimidate and bully their workers out of voting yes. While these tactics are used far too commonly nationwide against unions. Amazon was using their immense power to involve local police, the postal service and more.

Then, we examine how the tumultuous election of 2020 has strained the very structure of democracy here in the United States, and where these weak points can cause future trouble. All this and more on TMI for Friday April 2, 2021 – listen in for YOUR Cure for the Common Media!