A Union Drive at Amazon

<p>Since its earliest days, Amazon has been anti-union, successfully quashing any attempt by workers to organize.</p><p>A group of workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., just might change that — depending on the outcome of a vote this week.</p><p>We look at how their effort came together and what it means for the nature of work in savvy, growing companies like Amazon.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/michael-corkery?smid=pc-thedaily">Michael Corkery</a>, a business reporter for The New York Times. </p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/signup/NTTD?smid=pc-thedaily">Sign up here</a> to get The Daily in your inbox each morning. And for an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>The outcome of a vote at a warehouse in Alabama could have<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/29/technology/amazon-union-vote.html?smid=pc-thedaily"> far-ranging implications for both Amazon and the labor movement</a>.</li><li>Here’s<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/30/business/amazon-union-vote.html?smid=pc-thedaily"> what will happen after</a> this week’s union vote. </li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily.</a> Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p>