{"id":201682,"date":"2021-03-14T02:51:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T23:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/marco-rubio-backs-amazon-union-push-cites-companys-culture-wars-2\/"},"modified":"2021-03-14T02:51:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T23:51:00","slug":"marco-rubio-backs-amazon-union-push-cites-companys-culture-wars-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/marco-rubio-backs-amazon-union-push-cites-companys-culture-wars-2\/","title":{"rendered":"#\n  Marco Rubio backs Amazon union push, cites company\u2019s \u2018culture wars\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a289f0c18e8e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a289f0c18e8e\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/marco-rubio-backs-amazon-union-push-cites-companys-culture-wars-2\/#Rubio_blasted_the_Seattle-based_e-tailing_giant_and_its_billionaire_boss_Jeff_Bezos_for_trying_to_appeal_to_conservatives_traditional_rejection_of_labor_unions_even_as_it_sides_with_liberals_on_cultural_issues\" >Rubio blasted the Seattle-based e-tailing giant and its billionaire boss, Jeff Bezos, for trying to appeal to conservatives\u2019 traditional rejection of labor unions even as it sides with liberals on cultural issues<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/marco-rubio-backs-amazon-union-push-cites-companys-culture-wars-2\/#Lisa_Fickenscher\" >Lisa Fickenscher<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#<br \/>\n  Marco Rubio backs Amazon union push, cites company\u2019s \u2018culture wars\u2019<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Rubio_blasted_the_Seattle-based_e-tailing_giant_and_its_billionaire_boss_Jeff_Bezos_for_trying_to_appeal_to_conservatives_traditional_rejection_of_labor_unions_even_as_it_sides_with_liberals_on_cultural_issues\"><\/span>\n  Rubio blasted the Seattle-based e-tailing giant and its billionaire boss, Jeff Bezos, for trying to appeal to conservatives\u2019 traditional rejection of labor unions even as it sides with liberals on cultural issues<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 barrons-article-wrap\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0000198734\">\n<div class=\"barrons-article-ad-wrapper\">\n<div data-track=\"barrons-article-ad-wrap\" class=\"barrons-article-ad sticky_item\">\n<div class=\"barrons-main-article-ad-target sticky_target body_ad\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama got a surprise ally in US Sen. Marco Rubio, with the conservative lawmaker revealing on Friday that he supports their efforts to unionize.<\/p>\n<p> The Republican senator from Florida\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2021\/03\/12\/amazon-union-not-helping-working-class-economy-column\/6947823002\/\" class=\"icon none\">published an op-ed in USA Today<\/a>\u00a0that accused Amazon<br \/>\n        AMZN,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/210331248\/composite\" class=\"negative\">-0.77%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       of waging \u201ca war against working-class values\u201d as he threw his support behind the workers in Bessemer, Ala. who have been voting since February on whether to organize a distribution facility there.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       Rubio blasted the Seattle-based e-tailing giant and its billionaire boss, Jeff Bezos, for trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eal to conservatives\u2019 traditional rejection of labor unions even as it sides with liberals on cultural issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor decades, companies like Amazon have been allies of the left in the culture war,\u201d he said. \u201cBut when their bottom line is threatened they turn to conservatives to save them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rubio likewise blasted Amazon for using its heft to \u201ccrush small businesses\u201d and ban conservative books from its website and traditional charities from participating in its AmazonSmile program.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, four members of Congress including Rubio wrote to Amazon about its move to yank \u201cWhen Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment,\u201d a book published by the conservative scholar Ryan T. Anderson in 2018, but which recently disappeared from Amazon\u2019s website, Kindle store and Audible audiobook platform.<\/p>\n<p>This week, Amazon\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/03\/12\/amazon-stops-selling-books-framing-lgbtq-identities-as-illness\/\" class=\"icon none\">defended its decision<\/a>, saying it did so because the book frames the LGBTQ identity as a mental illness. The legislators had previously complained about the move, saying that Amazon only removes things that liberals find offensive.<\/p>\n<p>In attacking Amazon\u2019s labor practices, Rubio also cited his memories as a young boy walking the picket line with his father, who was a hotel bartender in Las Vegas. Rubio said his experience instilled in him the idea that \u201call workers deserve respect\u201d and that Amazon views its employees as \u201ccog in a machine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his push for workers, Rubio joins President Biden,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/03\/01\/joe-biden-offers-support-to-amazon-workers-in-alabama\/\" class=\"icon none\">who earlier this month released a video<\/a>\u00a0on his <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> account expressing his support for the workers in Bessemer. While the president didn\u2019t specifically mention Amazon by name, he said they have a right to vote without interference from their employer.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement Friday Amazon said, \u201cWhen Senator Rubio says Amazon is \u2018waging war on working class values,\u2019 does he mean our $15 starting wage, comprehensive benefits, or the paid parental leave we provide for hourly workers? If he stands with American workers like he says he does, he should endorse Senator Sanders\u2019 minimum wage bill today.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"cx-membership-tile\"><\/div>\n<p>Amazon launched a website \u2014\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.doitwithoutdues.com\/\" class=\"icon none\">doitwithoutdues.com<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 aimed at discouraging its employees from organizing. One of the taglines on the site is \u201cVote Now and Vote No.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The push to organize Amazon\u2019s Alabama warehouse is being led by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. On Friday, RWDSU president Stuart Appelbaum welcomed Rubio\u2019s support, saying it \u201cdemonstrates that the best way for working people to achieve dignity and respect in the workplace is through unionization. This should not be a partisan issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>This article was first published on NYPost.com<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>      <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author  hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Lisa Fickenscher\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lisa_Fickenscher\"><\/span>Lisa Fickenscher<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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