BBC:

In December, state labour officials ruled the request had garnered enough support to warrant an election – the first such vote Amazon has faced in the US since 2014. Ballots were mailed this week.

If the campaign succeeds, the Bessemer facility, which opened in March, would become the only unionised Amazon location in the US.

„This election takes on enormous importance because Amazon is not just another company,“ says Stuart Appelbaum, president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), which is leading the effort. „This election transcends Bessemer. It’s really about how workers are going to be treated in the future.“

I agree with Appelbaum’s statement, of course. What is here actually more significant to me, however, is the omitted discussion of the implications of Amazon having today no unionized location in the US, and in fact not having had a union representation election since 2014. Corporate US and UK media forever warn of potential future ways democracy may be endangered, implicitly accepting the reigning system.