John, vote counting is now under way to determine whether Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, will form a union.  

In solidarity, Brand New Congress Representative Cori Bush visited workers a couple of weeks ago on the picket line and had a message for Amazon and Jeff Bezos. The full email is below. ⬇️

We are really close to hitting our quarterly fundraising goal, so we’re hoping this clip from Cori’s blistering speech will inspire you to fuel our work to elect more proggressive fighters in 2022 who will stand with working people! 

Brand New Congress

John -- Congresswoman Cori Bush recently brought the fire to Amazon and Jeff Bezos for their unconscionable treatment of employees. 

Workers at the Bessemer, Alabama facility have been organizing to form a union. In response the company has used brutal scare tactics and intimidation to try and stop them. 

Cori Bush was NOT having it. Outraged by these tactics, she joined workers on the picket line to draw attention to the movement. 

Workers in this country desperately need more leaders like Cori Bush in Congress; working people must be represented in congress.

“Jeff Bezos, speaking to you, that person who received 70 billion dollars in 2020 in the midst of a pandemic while so many were dying, so many were sick, while so many couldn’t get up...20 thousand of your folks contracted, were infected by COVID-19, and yet, you stopped hazard pay for the folks that were showing up!” 

This is the power of a representative who has truly lived the experience of working people; someone who knows firsthand what it means to endure exploitation by corporations that treat their employees like widgets, not like human beings.

But despite Amazon’s best efforts, its employees are still casting their votes to unionize -- results that are scheduled to be counted on March 30th.  

It’s moments like these that show us just how important it is to elect working people to Congress.

Will you contribute $5 to help us elect more leaders who will stand up to corporations, fight anti-union forces, and protect workers?

John, we’ve opened the door for real change. A few unbought, uncorrupted leaders have made it to Congress and are paving the way for more regular working people to have a say in how our government works and put pressure on corporations like Amazon, the second largest private employer in the entire country.   

This is only the beginning. Help us get lots more Cori Bushes elected next year and beyond so we can hold corporations accountable to their employees.  

Brand New Congress