According to the Washington Post, President Joe Biden is considering holding a meeting at the White House with union workers from Amazon and Starbucks, in what would be a major signal of support for the union drives at the companies.
The State Dining Room of the White House has a meeting in it. In this photo, Susan Walsh.
According to the Post, a meeting has not yet been agreed to, citing four unnamed sources with knowledge of the matter.
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The president said "Amazon, here we come" at an event in North America, but the White House quickly clarified that the statement was not a message for him or the U.S.
The White House didn't respond to the request immediately.
Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island voted in favor of unionizing late last month, and the results of a unionization vote at another Staten Island facility is expected Monday. The first Starbucks store to support unionization was in Buffalo, New York, according to the Post. Starbucks stores around the country are going to have votes. Labor leaders hope that the effort at Amazon and the push from Starbucks workers to organize will lead to a resurgence of union membership in the American workforce.
As his administration faces a lot of criticism for the state of the economy, Biden is considering supporting the labor movement. The country could fall into a recession after a report released this week showed the GDP decreased by 1.4% in the first quarter of 2022. Biden has in the past emphasized high union membership as the bedrock of a strong economy, saying earlier this month: "union labor is smart for business and the American public and for our entire country."
The White House could invite Amazon and Starbucks union workers.
Workers in Staten Island are voting to unionize.
Starbucks workers voted to unionize in New York.
The U.S. economy fell 1.4% in the last quarter.
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