Rep. Foushee backs Amazon union campaign in Durham, calls for open forum for workers

By: Brandon Kingdollar

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: February 21, 2026

Words: 867

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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Rep. Valerie Foushee (D-N.C.) urged Amazon leaders to provide an open town hall, free from retaliation, for workers who wish to unionize at three facilities in the area, becoming the top elected official to back the North Carolina union campaign to date.

Since it launched out of an Amazon warehouse in Garner in 2022, the union campaign, known as Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity and Empowerment, has filed more than a dozen unfair …

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