But if the company's recent public statements are any indication, a small town in Alabama now has the tech giant on edge. In the last week-and-a-half, as a milestone union election at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, came to a close, the company openly antagonized lawmakers and some behind the union effort. In a later, separate statement, the company hit at the union, by citing declining membership as the impetus driving the union president to "misrepresent the facts." Additionally, Knox said in a statement that the company doesn't believe the union "represents the majority of our employees' views." Amazon is afraid because it knows that workers have power when we speak up together," the statement read.

Source: CNN April 04, 2021 14:03 UTC