president of the retail hotel and apartments for union stuff with us in bessemer, alabama, is michael fosternd organizer of the rwdsu who is helping lead the amazon unionization drive. he is also a poultry plant worker. michael, let's begin with you in bessemer. in this last week and a what message are you putting out a what are the tactics amazon is using to fight the unionization effort? >> hour effort right now is to encourage the employees to get their ballots out in the mail come to mail them out because that is the only way we can allow r voices to be heard. the amazon tactic they're using instea of going around from person to person telling them to vote no and just hope it of other stuff, they're not having meetings but they're going to individuals at a time and telling them these things. juan: stuart appelbaum, these statements by president biden before the election or as the election is unfolding, i don't recall a president ever making a statement of any party before a major union drive in the country -- the impact of that and biden 's stance so far on the right of labor to organize

michael foster's a union organizer, and early this morning we found him outside the amazon warehouseting the people disrespectful. they basically are telling the people if you don't want to abide by the way we work, you can find another job. >> reporter: according to the union, roughly 85% of the workers at this massive warehouse are black. most are women. many complain about grueling work, unsafe conditions, with inadequate bathroom and meal breaks. >> we're being treated like we're prisoners who's there to get a job done. >> reporter: jennifer bates and darryl richard both work at the warehouse. what's your biggest frustration? >> job security, respect, and safe -- your safety, well-being. >> the community don't realize is what's going on behind the curtain. what are the people there going through just to make sure that we get our packages. >> it's time to make a stand. it's time for some changes. >> reporter: frustrated workers contacted the retail, wholesale, and department store union. celebrities like danny glover support them. >> martin luther king said the best anti-poverty p

michael. he is just one of eight foster children that guadalupe has cared for and given a new shot at life. today, michael was happy to return the favor. >> no one is insignificant. you don't know the life that someone has lived. it is important that they are first. >> reporter: putting the elderly first has been the mission of the strike team and imagining new ways to do that has taught them an important lesson. >> don't be afraid to work outside of the walls that you have imagined it to be there in the past. >> reporter: in martinez, john ramose. >> the strike teams have vaccinated seniors at more than 700 different residential and care homes throughout contra costa county. there is a federal vaccination site at the eastmont towncenter on bancroft avenue. nearly 500 people have gotten there first dose and people who qualify can stop by from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. , the site will be open through friday. >>> police plan to test out gunshot detection technology. they begin a free test of the new system. this will be installed near winchester and hamilton. the devices include cameras and micropho

michael and ayrton. that's it from me for today — olly foster will have more for you, in sportsday at 6.30.sals, people who enter the uk illegally will no longer have the same entitlements as those who arrive through government schemes. joining me now is the general secretary of the immigration services union, lucy moreton. lucy thanks for joining lucy thanks forjoining us. it is good to see you. these government schemes, do you know what they are? know, the announcements that have been made both in the press release and in the house today are very high line. they are very aspirational. there are some good ideas but they lack the detail underneath. it's been difficult to tell quite how these are going to hit the ground. how do you think the changes on the face of them, the headlines according to the changes which are that if you come over with a people smuggler, you are more likely to be deported and sent back to wherever you came from rather than if you go through a legal process in order to try and find a sign on here, how would that affect your members on the ground? the would that affec