{"id":432304,"date":"2022-04-15T21:01:51","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T18:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/tucker-carlson-praises-amazon-union-drive-im-rooting-for-you\/"},"modified":"2022-04-15T21:01:51","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T18:01:51","slug":"tucker-carlson-praises-amazon-union-drive-im-rooting-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tucker-carlson-praises-amazon-union-drive-im-rooting-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"#Tucker Carlson praises Amazon union drive: &#8216;I&#8217;m rooting for you&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 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-6a38493b1aaba\" 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-6a38493b1aaba\" 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-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tucker-carlson-praises-amazon-union-drive-im-rooting-for-you\/#%E2%80%9CTucker_Carlson_praises_Amazon_union_drive_%E2%80%98Im_rooting_for_you%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Tucker Carlson praises Amazon union drive: &#8216;I&#8217;m rooting for you&#8217;&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1>&#8220;Tucker Carlson praises Amazon union drive: &#8216;I&#8217;m rooting for you'&#8221;<\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Tucker Carlson said he was \u201ccertainly rooting\u201d for the workers at an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island who successfully led the first-ever unionization drive at the retail behemoth.<\/p>\n<p>The <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/6303993500001\/\">Fox News primetime host<\/a> made the comments on his Thursday show while interviewing Christian Smalls, the warehouse employee credited with leading the organized labor effort.<\/p>\n<p>Carlson has been critical of Amazon and other large tech companies. He has used his show to question whether Silicon Valley has grown too powerful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never been\u00a0particularly pro-union, but it\u00a0does seem like Amazon needs some\u00a0counterbalance,\u201d Carlson told Smalls on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf this huge company, the\u00a0workers have no power, and maybe\u00a0we could, I don\u2019t know, share a\u00a0little power with the people who\u00a0work there.\u00a0That\u2019s my view, anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smalls generated headlines when he called out US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) for not rallying with the workers as she had pledged to do.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/tucker-carlson-praises-amazon-union-drive-04.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Carlson said that while he is not a supporter of unions, he believes Amazon has amassed too much power.\" class=\"wp-image-21918419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/tucker-carlson-praises-amazon-union-drive-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/tucker-carlson-praises-amazon-union-drive-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/tucker-carlson-praises-amazon-union-drive-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Carlson said that while he is not a supporter of unions, he believes Amazon has amassed too much power.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">FOX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a>ist lawmaker\u00a0promised organizers she would stand by them\u00a0at the rally outside the JFK8 Amazon fulfillment center in the Bloomfield section of Staten Island last summer, but she dropped out at the last minute.<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez was accused by supporters of the Amazon Labor Union of \u201cleaving them high and dry\u201d by failing to show up for an August rally in support of the workers before the union vote.<\/p>\n<p>Smalls was asked last weekend if he had a message for Ocasio-Cortez in the wake of his success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHell no,\u201d he said. \u201cShe don\u2019t deserve this moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During his interview with Carlson on Thursday, Smalls said Ocasio-Cortez wasn\u2019t the only lawmaker to have failed to show up on behalf of workers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that whether they showed up or not, they didn\u2019t make or break our election,\u201d Smalls said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/tucker-carlson-praises-amazon-union-drive-07.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez\" class=\"wp-image-21918418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/tucker-carlson-praises-amazon-union-drive-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/tucker-carlson-praises-amazon-union-drive-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/tucker-carlson-praises-amazon-union-drive-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Smalls was critical of pro-union politicians like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and others for not showing enough support during the unionization fight.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Imag<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Amazon workers at the Staten Island warehouse voted\u00a0this month to become the web giant\u2019s first unionized US workers.<\/p>\n<p>The vote was 2,654 in favor and 2,131 against unionization, according to National Labor Relations Board officials.<\/p>\n<p>Carlson said it was odd for Amazon to be disputing the vote to unionize given that the company has sought to put on a progressive face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI certainly am rooting for you,\u201d Carlson told Smalls. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe if they throw some more woke slogans at you, you\u2019ll forget you can\u2019t feed your family.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/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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