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Workers at Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, rejected unionizing by more than a 2-1 margin earlier this month, despite a surge of national support for their efforts. This followed a failed effort to get Uber, Lyft and DoorDash drivers recognized as employees and not contractors. 

Axios Re:Cap talks to two of the organizers involved about what went wrong, legislation that might bolster the power of unions, and where organized labor goes from here.

What happens next after organized labor’s two high-profile failures

Organized labor has taken on Big Tech twice in the past six months and lost on both occasions.

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Axios Re:Cap

<p>Workers at Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, rejected unionizing by more than a 2-1 margin earlier this month, despite a surge of national support for their efforts. This followed a failed effort to get Uber, Lyft and DoorDash drivers recognized as employees and not contractors. </p><p><strong>Axios Re:Cap</strong> talks to two of the organizers involved about what went wrong, legislation that might bolster the power of unions, and where organized labor goes from here.</p><div><div><iframe frameborder="no" height="200" scrolling="no" src="https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=AXIOS1058495968" width="100%"></iframe></div><div style="display:none"></div></div><span data-ad-status="NO_AD_LENGTH" data-ad-type="midStoryAd"></span>

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What happens next after organized labor’s two high-profile failures

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