Sen. Marco Rubio endorses Amazon warehouse union drive in surprise op-ed
Photo by Michael Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images Writing in USA Today on Friday, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) made a surprise endorsement of a fledgling union at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama. In the op-ed, Rubio frames the union drive as a necessary response to the encroaching power of Amazon, a longtime target for Republicans.
When the conflict is between working Americans and a company whose leadership has decided to wage culture war against working-class values, the choice is easy - I support the workers," Rubio writes in the op-ed. And that's why I stand with those at Amazon's Bessemer warehouse today."
Rubio says Amazon wages culture war against working-class values"
Workers at the Bessemer warehouse are in the process of voting on whether to unionize, as overseen by the...