Steven Greenhouse was a reporter for the New York Times for 31 years and covered labor and workplace matters there for 19 years. He is the author of Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present and Future of American Labor. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. To the dismay of worker advocates in the United States and around the world, Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama failed to unionize earlier this month, losing by a vote of 1,798 to 738. Not only is the loss a heavy blow to the union movement, but it shines a much-needed spotlight on several major problems with America’s economic and labor landscape. Even as calls for an increased minimum wage and improved benefits have grown louder in recent years, many workers still receive paltry pay, struggle to make ends meet and are treated like disposable cogs. If we ever hope to create an economy that assures that every worker has the respect they deserve and a fair share of our nation’s prosperity, we need to make unionization elections fairer, give workers a bigger voice at work and fix our dangerous levels of inequality. Make union elections fairer Corporations typically have a huge… Read full this story
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