'The Time Is Now to Stand Up to Our Oligarchy,' Sanders Tells Amazon Workers on Eve of Union Vote

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'The Time Is Now to Stand Up to Our Oligarchy,' Sanders Tells Amazon Workers on Eve of Union Vote
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'The workers are gonna fight back and take over the country,' said Amazon Labor Union president Christian Smalls.

Amazon facilities reached out to ALU about organizing their workplaces in the first week after their stunning win on April 1.

"And it's not just here at Amazon," he said Sunday, adding that ALU has received emails from employees at Walmart, Target, Dollar General, Apple, and Starbucks."The workers are gonna fight back and take over the country."to hold a rally to hear from its LDJ5 workers' committee and national labor leaders, including Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, and Mark Dimondstein, president of the American Postal Workers Union.

When asked if the Biden administration needs to do more to support organized labor, Sanders said,"Yes." President Joe Biden has"talked more about unions than any other president in my lifetime," said Sanders."But talk is not enough. What he's gotta do is start inviting these guys to the White House, he's gotta invite the Starbucks workers to the White House, the other unions that are organizing all over this country, and make it clear that he is on their side and that he is going to do what he can" to support the labor movement.

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