At an event on Wednesday, President Biden openly expressed his administration’s support for unions.<\/p>\n
The U.S. President widely seen as the most pro-union president in decades, also called out Amazon for its action to prevent workers from forming a union.<\/p>\n
“And by the way, by the way, Amazon here we come. Watch. Watch,” Biden said during a speech to the North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) Legislative Conference.<\/p>\n
White House press secretary Jen Psaki clarified Biden’s position on unions and Amazon, saying the president’s statement did not mean the administration would directly interfere in such efforts.<\/p>\n
“What he was conveying is his long-time support for collective bargaining, for the rights of workers to organize, and their decision to do exactly that in this case,” Psaki said.<\/p>\n
Biden has forced out administration officials seen by labour unions as anti-labour, and reversed former President Donald Trump’s rules that critics said weakened worker protections.<\/p>\n
Biden also set up a task force to reverse decades of declining union membership and power. According to Biden, the task force will “make sure the choice to join a union belongs to workers alone.”<\/p>\n