the labor unions very much want the city to insist that amazon make that a union shop. 't actually direct amazon to be a union shop, but there are things they can do that will improve the position of the union. kristen: like what? >> there is something called a labor peace agreement which can be part of a negotiation. that would mean amazon would agree to allow labor organizers onto the property and agreed not to interfere with organizing efforts. there is also a possible measure called project contract agreement, i believe is the term. the labor contract agreement. that provides for the actual construction of the facility to require that to be done by union labor. there are two different things that could really tip the balance. kristen: what what this mean, nationwide, and for amazon, if that were to happen? were we to have a union shop in san francisco? >> it would be the first unionized amazon facility anywhere in the country. there have been efforts to unionize amazon, including bessemer, alabama. that vote is going to happen again because amazon was found to have v

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it could become the first amazon site in the u.s. to unionize>> the amazon worker process both being tallied about whether organized labor could come back in the heart of the antiunion south. the book marks a second battle between a corporate behemoth and prounion activists in alabama. employees rejected joining the wholesale department store union last year but that national laborers relations board says that amazon unfairly influence the outcome. that is because the company set up a mailbox. giving the impression that amazon itself was running the election. >> the company taxes have continued. >> they are conducting union busting, hundreds of them. >> in a statement, they said as a company we don't think that unions are the best answer for our employees. our focus remains on working directly with our team to continue making amazon a great place to work. workers projected their critiques of the company under its iconic logo. unions on the decline for decades have seen a resurgence in the past year. google fired contractors in missouri. workers

and amazon is facing union elections this week at warehouses in new york city and in alabama. workers at the company's largest staten island warehouse are voting through wednesday on whether to join the amazon labor union, a group made up of current and former amazon employees. the national labor relations board will begin counting ballots on thursday. meanwhile, ballots will start to be counted today in the section election of workers at an amazon warehouse in bessamer, alabama. workers in that location voted against unionization last year and then they voted again. results are expected within the next week. so lots of business news happening, but that amazon news certainly getting a lot of attention in a time when labor markets still remain very, very tight. back over to you guys. >> no doubt. big decision there. >> absolutely. thanks, dominic. >>> after being rejected once, an effort to legalize jay walking back in the works. still ahead, the reason a bay area lawmaker says he's not giving up on the proposal. >> as we take a live look at walnut creek, we are starting with so

york, vote counting set to begin on thursday if either warehouse votes yes, it will be the first amazon union in america >>> meantime, starbucks facing its own growing union push last week employees in mesa, arizona, voted to unionize that makes eight starbucks stores so far. others can soon follow more than 150 stores in 27 states have filed for union elections according to the starbucks union. cnbc's kate rogers on the young voices inside this effort. >> i threw myself in it and have been 100% since. >> reporter: for isaiah thomas, the vote to unionize the amazon warehouse is an opportunity for change >> what is this opportunity for change is just a feeling i need to be a part of real change in the united states. i believe in order to bring about the change i want to see, i have to be really involved in it and i'm a huge pro-labor person and when i saw this opportunity come about and i knew it would impact my co-workers and my own life very positively. >> reporter: and he's not alone. starbucks workers united says their effort to unionize is being led in part by baristas in their 20s. 23-ye

if successful, it could become the 1st amazon site in the us to unionize john andrew of what's from bessemer, alabama. the amazon workers votes now being tallied, we'll decide whether organized labor can make a comeback in the heart of the anti union south. the vote counting that began on monday marks a 2nd battle between a corporate behemoth and pro union activists in bessemer, alabama. employees rejected joining the retail wholesale in department store union last year, but the national labor relations board rule that amazon unfairly influence the outcome and called for a do over election. that's in part because the company set up a mailbox, it looked like a voting booth giving some workers the impression amazon itself was running the election. we've turned a lot of nose into yes. is once they got the information. ah, that was more impactful to dallas. so yeah, the on board with the union's leaders, as the company's tactics have continued, they are, could duck take a ferocious anti union can pay union busting brig again outside union busters? hundreds of them

lead but they're still counting, we should get the results tomorrow, the take away, melissa, unionization at amazon is gaining momentum. we'll bring you more as we get it. >> deidre bosa, thank you. it's gaining momentum for other companies as well. starbucks and number of stores and regions vote on unionization, pete, to me that spells higher wages, good for the consumer, good for the workers there, how do you think it effects the shareholders though >> well, and i think that's why we've seen certain stocks we really love and know we use and know we see lines out the door and we all know about amazon but that's right, mel, when it really comes down to it all these are going to be impactful to those companies going forward which is why you look at starbucks, remember everyone loved it when it was $130 a share and suddenly nobody likes it when it drops back down so i think that's partially because of the nervousness of what is going forward, how's this going to impact their earnings as we look ahead, and the fact that in china which is where their growth was really coming from that was something tha

s. employees of online retail giant amazon no voting on whether they should unionize. workers began casting their ballots in new york. they want better working conditions, more breaks, and more pe. amazon sees unions as a threat to its business model rely some home owners in the us are struggling to pay their taxes. activists say this is leading to an epidemic of home foreclosures, especially in poor black communities on hendrick reports. downtown detroit now 8 years out of bankruptcy is revamped with a gleaming new light rail. multi $1000000.00 skyscrapers and raising property values. barbara butler lives just a few miles away, but she hasn't seen that transformation. i have met downtown in over 20 years. i don't go down there. she can't afford to over 40 years here. she has paid off or mortgage, but struggles to pay the rising homeowner taxes assessed by the city. independent assessments put the value of her home at $25000.00, but the city says its worth $35000.00. that leaves her with a 1200 dollar year tax bill that takes a huge bite out of her modest income. you know, it doesn't leave

amazon warehouse workers in staten island, new york, began casting votes friday in a highly anticipated unionction that could result in company's first-ever unionized warehouse in the u.s. voting continues until wednesday. meanwhile, the national labor relations board is starting to review ballots from the re-do of the bessemer, alabama, amazon union election, which ended last week. and several hollywood stars broke barriers at the 94th academy awards ceremony sunday night. ariana debose won an oscar for best supporting actress for her role in "west side story." she becomes the first openly queer woman of color to win the category. >> you see a queer, openly queer woman of color and afro latino who found her strength and life through art. and i believe that is what we are here to celebrate. [applause] yes. yes. so to anybody who was ever question your identity ever, ever, ever, or find yourself living in the gray spaces, i promise you this, there is indeed a place for us. amy: actor troy kotsur also made history as the first deaf man to when an ask for for his supporting role in the film "cod

that the union is in the lead more than halfway through is stunning, and this is happening in a campaign put forth by an employee that amazonemily: we are seeing the trend shift the other way in this election and alabama. they are doing this election over again because of a lot of controversy, but it looks like the union is not winning yet so far. what do you make of that? >> they are the union is behind by about 100 votes, or there are 400 challenged ballots, or ballots where there is a dispute about whether the votes should be counted. we don't know what the result will be, but amazon in its effort to defeat the union is ahead, although not by as much as last time. union would have been defeated if not for the labor board concluding that there was too much misconduct and the election should be run again appeared in each of these cases, amazon has, according to workers, been aggressively campaigning against organizing. it is not easy to win a big labor board election against a company determined to dissuade workers from unionizing. emily: how are amazon workers everywhere else watching this? >> we've seen already at starbu

s. employees of the online retail giant amazon a voting on whether they should form unions. work is began costing them pilots in new york. they won't better working conditions, more work breaks and more pe, amazon sees unions as a threat to its business model. hundreds of people pay tribute to a corsican nationalist who died off to being attacked and a french prison even call on his death sparked widespread condemnation. and revived nationalist sentiments. nicholas hack reports from the village of cautious. a tiny village on the edge of the mediterranean carries the weight of an island in morning draped with a corsican flag. the remains of eve, uncle luna, the village shepherd who defied the french state. he was killed in a french prison by a fellow inmate colon i was serving a life sentence for the murdered 24 years ago. of the top french government official on the island. hundreds gather relatives, friends. nationalists as well as members of the corsican mafia goes to you, believe the french state is responsible for his death or such managers. we feel a sense of injustice,

union busters? hundreds of them in a statement, amazon spokesperson kelly and town said as a company, we don't think unions are the best answer for our employees. our focus remains on working directly with our team to continue making amazon a great place to work. the move in alabama follows a recent votes still being counted at to amazon sites on new york, staten island, where workers projected their critiques of the company under its iconic logo unions . on the decline for decades, if seen a resurgence in the past year, signing up workers at starbucks doors in buffalo, new york, seattle, and mesa, arizona, google fiber contractors in missouri and a new york city, ari i sporting goods store workers seem empowered by the great resignation the wave of workers leaving their jobs during the pandemic. the company has been calling workers in for mandatory meetings to explain to them why they should not unionize. the company's perspective is that it works better with employees when it does so directly and not through a 3rd party, but many pro union workers say when that happens, it's the company that sets

is amazon going to improve conditions or do they need a kick in the butt from unions we have to know st time in alabama the vote overwhelmingly went to nonunionized but remember the famous mailbox? works said it was to grow amazon. >> really? you lose a union vote, you know, 70% in alabama i don't know you're going to blame a mailbox? i don't buy that that doesn't hold any water with me but they soldier on, and labor deserves its voice to be heard we'll see what they decide speaking of zbik tech and its influence, a trade association says it supports small business. apparently it's actually backed by two of the biggest tech companies on the planet. eamon javers has that. eamon. >> good morning, jon, that's right. the connected commerce council or ccc describes its as a corporation that advocates on behalf of small businesses on issues until recently t they had a group of its businesses on its website. when cnbc, more than 20 said they were not actually members or never heard of the group. some members we talked to said they are active participant os the group. critics say it's an astr

john homan, al jazeera mexico, samuel employees of online rates, how giant amazon of voting and whether they should unionize work is began casting their balance in new york. they want better working conditions, more breaks and more high. amazon says unions as a threat to its business model and argues that it leaves the way, tell industry, with the benefits it offered. coming up in sports, a victory that st in this plan to the top of the world rankings for the 1st time to have career. ah frank assessments, what are the political risks of brand? russian, oil and gas for western leaders? will sanctions on russian energy exports. harrison was informed opinions, france is not abandoning to fight against jetty, still resumed media debt going to be attaching from leisure and from chad critical debate. could china actually help in russia's invasion of ukraine in depth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on al jazeera, with blue ah ah ah, i never thought he is andy and he's coming out of saudi arabia andy yet and final qualifying has so is, is due to take place at the f one, saudi arabian growing pay,

an early tally of counted votes show 53% of workers are against unionizing but on staten island in new york, the early vote shows amazon union. that vote count is set to continue tomorrow. >>> peanut butter problems skippy voluntarily recalling more than 161,000 pounds of peanut butter. the reason, the company reports that it may contain small fragments of stainless steel from manufacturing equipment the recall limited to about 60,000 jars of two kinds of reduced fat peanut butter. skippy reports the potentially contaminated products were distributed across 18 states. >>> and tesla with another problem related to its full self-driving feature a german court ordered the ev maker to buy back one of its model 3s from an unhappy customer the claim, the $76,000 car's auto pilot drove, quoting now, like a drunk novice driver tesla has reportedly appealed the ruling >>> on wall street, the dow down 550, s&p down 72, nasdaq off 222. stocks just ended their worst quarter since the start of the pandemic two years ago >>> i'm shepard smith on cnbc. it's the bottom of the hour, time for the top of the news fallout from the will sm

this is a do-over after the board found that amazon improperly interfered in the union contest last spring over the first vote. hinging on a warehouse mailbox organizers said to make workers feel like their votes were monitored. that went in amazon's favor. this time it was actually lower, 39% versus 55% last spring both- both mail-in ballots the public portion of the vote is expected to begin this afternoon. meanwhile, in-person union voting at the staten island warehouse finished yesterday with ballot counting expected to begin today as well. a third warehouse in brooklyn is expected to vote later this month. what began as a small movement as gained traction it makes up a tiny proportion of amazon's now more than 1 million strong work force and even with a win at any of these locations, amazon is likely to appeal but this does, guys, represent thecompany's biggest labor challenge ever in the u.s. and could threaten its famous efficiency carl, jim, bezos has said in recent years now they want to be the world's number one employer. so this certainly is a challenge to that. >> yeah. what do

in amazon and starbucks i believe that they are continue to be pretty much union free. >> i find it interestingas been that certainly starbucks treated the workers pretty well generally with benefits and competitive wages for the sector they're in. while amazon has a more controversial labor record i would say i thought is same there, too ahead of competitors for progressive workplaces policies and pay. >> i think they are and certainly starbucks is a leader in the industry. they had real challenges lately. they're straddled between the third place where you used to go in and they'd call you by the name and then there's been this whole digital revolution causing a lot of change within that brand. and starbucks had to really try to go after both but move boo the digital world and i'm sure ka caused stress. i can't imagine the country without amazon i think it's a great company that's had tremendous growth and provided countless jobs and i think both companies are great american companies and got to stay competitive. >> lets's talk about the business you know perhaps as well as any human abeing a

but if these amazon workers here invest summer, alabama decides to unionize, they will be the 1st amazon workers in the united states to do so. there is one other place where that is also happening, and that is on staten island in new york workers at an amazon facility there. last week voted and those votes are still being counted. so this could set off a trend for amazon facilities. amazon, as a company, has held mandatory meeting in which is brought workers in and explained to them why in the company's perspective, they should not unionize. the company's feeling is that they work better with workers when they do so directly and not with 3rd party, but many pro union workers say, when that happens, it's the company that sets the terms the academy of motion, picture, arts and sciences has condemned act. will smith slap all present to chris rock at the oscars ceremony? the comedian had made a joke about smith's wife. the academy says it started a formal review. jaida love you jane too. can't wait to see it. ah no, that was a nice one. okay. i got it. oh good, good. yeah. oh wow. we'll sni

amazon, is it about to see one of its warehouses go union for the very first time? as we speak, votes are being tallied at amazon's warehouse in staten island, new york. and by the way, a do-over election is concurrently happening in alabama at one of those warehouses at this hour. right now alabama stands at 500 votes gwen unionizing -- against unionizing and 425 for unionizing. staten island union election stands at 466 votes against unionizing but 550 for unions. okay. we've got more ballots still to count. we're keeping an eye on this. amazon shares are flat to slightly lower. early counts show a potential landmark victory at least in staten island for organized labor in the new york warehouse while the early tally in alabama indicates too close to call right now. last year amazon won by a 2 to 1 margin there. if final results show workers voted for a union, it would be a historic first at the online retail giant which has long opposed any effort to organize its workers. let us get to this breaking news, another historic move by president biden at this hour has o

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amazon plant in the u. s. state of alabama have been voting on whether to join a union. john hendern has more from eskimiya, alabama. the amazon workers votes now being tallied, we'll decide whether organized labor can make it come back in the heart of the anti union south. the vote counting that began on monday marks a 2nd battle between a corporate behemoth and pro union activists in bessemer, alabama. employees rejected joining the retail wholesale in department store union last year, but the national labor relations board rule that amazon unfairly influence the outcome in cold for a do over election. that's in part because the company set up a mailbox, it looked like a voting booth, giving some workers the impression amazon itself was running the election. we've turned a lot of nose into. yes. it's once they got the information. ah, that was more impactful to their lives. so yeah, the on board with the union's leaders, as the company's tactics have continued, they are, could duck, take a ferocious anti union care, a union busting brig again outside union busters? hund

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amazon has won the unconditional approval from the european union to buy mgm. deal coming as amazon is facing increasing pressure to acquire more programming in the very competitive streaming market. consumers are pulling back as consumers cut into buying power. if you factor out all of this, gas station sales have been fact that i. how he plans to keep feeding wall street expectations. ♪ all's >> welcome back. i am emily chang in san francisco. one of the leading contact cloud providers just finished the annual analyst day. the company estimated double-digit revenues by 2025 which makes other software companies that were growing quickly struggled to maintain that momentum. join now is aaron levie. good to have you back on the show. talk to us about the outlook here. what do you attribute all of this to? >> thank you for having me. overall, there are three big megatrends that enterprises are dealing with right now. the first is the continued push toward hybrid work. the second is everything is going to do even as we come back into offices. finally, cybersecurit

here's a 20-year-old working at amazon who feels confident in the union shop there >> what drew me toeded to be a part of real change in the united states. i believe that in order to bring about the change that i want to see, i have to be really involved in it and i am a huge pro-labor person, and when i saw this opportunity come about, and i knew that it would impact my co-workers and my own life very positively -- >> and while it might seem like union membership rates are higher than they've been, due to some of the campaigns, data tells a different story. in 2021 the union membership was 10.5%. down from 10.8 % in 2020 it was due in part to a decrease in nonunion workers tied to the pandemic in the public sector is rate is five times higher at 33.9% versus 6 .1 %. even though it may feel much higher because all we're doing lately is talking about unionizing >> exactly the data makes it clear it's not changing for the companies involved are some of the drives more likely to succeed and have a bigger impact at the corporate level than others? >> yeah. that worker i spoke to in alabam

but to strike they said to that part of the motivation here is watching the likes of nurses unions and amazon workers take a stand with these larger corporations. as a 1201 midnight tonight. we will withhold our labor 500 workers at the chevron richmond refinery will be on strike all members of the united steelworkers local 5 making up roughly 1/3 of workers at the refinery. our members will not be running the refinery. and we will attempt a seek seeke get a fair and equitable contract going forth. the union says it wants chevron to keep wages up with rising inflation and health insurance costs a cost of living increase for the the bay area. it's not for us to get rich as our medical archives. we went up 23% of this year and the company did not they did not contribute another penny to it these union mem is our lab technicians warehouse workers and maintain machines in a statement chevron says it is quote fully prepared to continue normal operations to safely and reliably provide the products that consumers need also saying quote we believe our contract offer is fair competitive and responsive

amazon is facing tougher pushes to unionize warehouses in the u.s.. it would be a rare level of coordination. the groups have been estranged for nearly two decades. global news 24 hours a day on air and bloombergquint take powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. this is bloomberg. ♪ pres. biden: the united states together with our international partners will work to ensure an additional 15 billion cubic meters of liquefied natural gas, lng, for europe this year. >> this will replace the lng supply that we currently receive from russia. jonathan: president biden alongside the european commission president ursula von der leyen this morning. the president leaving and heading to poland. the futures are unchanged and the s&p are unchanged. 23612 on the 10-year. crude, 111. getting a clear picture of some of the devastation in ukraine, this from last week, some clarity on what happened last week in mariupol 300 people died on an attack on the theater that was being used as a shelter. tom: for those n

amazon has approval from the european union for its plan -- $8.5 billion.s is increasing pressure to provide more programming in the comparative streaming market. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and at bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. manus. manus: thanks very much. we are just under 16 minutes away from the close. just a quick check on the hang seng tech index. we understand support is coming from government and stability is something they want to deliver on. if we roll over and look at the gtv, this is how you understand the dynamics. we are down 68% before the intervention. what do we have to do? these are the three stocks that are doing the heavy lifting, alibaba, tencent, and meituan. dani: these are options for alibaba that is currently trading around $90. that is up 25%. it is really the most since the stock went public. we are going to dig more into that coming up. it is the surging equity story across hong kong. the china fever is spreading across the rest of

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s. employees of the online retail giant amazon of voting on whether they should form unions. workers began costing their balance in new york. they won't better working conditions more work breaks and will pay. now on sunday, hollywood will celebration biggest night. the 94th annual academy awards, but more flourishing entertainment markets around the world mean the american film industry. such a rethink if the future is truly global. audi joe capture explains, i do the academy awards exist for hollywood to show itself off to the world? or do they exist for the world's best films to be shown off in hollywood? that at the heart of the oscars identity crisis? a departure from the award show, straightforward purpose. when the curtain 1st went up in 1929. in many ways you could see the oscars as p r as public relations for hollywood. it's hollywood, kind of showcase to the world. here are our greatest products from the past 12 months, and here are great stars. international directors were historically sidelined and what little oscars recognition was reserved for your appeal films. but tha

protect the privacy of users of companies like apple but also facebook, google and amazon that operate in the european unione latest. >> reporter: hi, lauren. that's exactly what tech companies are worried about, that these regulations put in place in europe do not ultimately stay there and would be put in place across the world for their users. the digital regulators of the european commission are not being shy about the potential global impact of this new law saying this, quote: nationed with big -- faced with big online platforms, europe has put its food foot -- foot down. the digital markets act would single out some of the biggest tech companies with some of the biggest market value, above $83 billion. so that would hit companies like alphabet, amazon, apple, meta and microsoft. the new law would essentially handcuff tech companies' ability to handicap a user's ability to use rival services on their platform or products. for example, under this law apple will have to allow users to use a different app store to download products on iphones. amazon will be banned from using data to develop dupes that com

griff jenkins fox news, amazon consumed be getting even bigger , reuter says the company is likely to win unconditional antitrust approval from the european unione studio mgm amazon plans to pay $8.5 billion for mgm, which includes the rights to james bond. a decision is expected next week from the european commission. the federal trade commission is also still looking at the deal and could make a decision by the middle of this month. all right. there's a little something in atmospherics called the green flash. i don't know if you've ever seen one or some people haven't even heard of this, but it does occur and we had one the other night. mark rawson took this picture. it's a green flash. this was last week, and it's about as good as one as i've ever seen only that you have the city skyline involved. it only happens for a brief moment and you need a certain set of atmospherics. you need clear on the horizon right down low. you also need a certain amount of particulate matter in the air, just the right amount. and then the light from the sun bends or refracts into the green spectrum. usually it bends into the yellow and the reds and oranges, but

amazon has won unconditional support from the european union for its plan to buy mgm.comes as there facing pressure to acquire more programming in the streaming market. consumers are pulling back when it comes to spending. overall sales rose but if you factor without gas stations, sales fell. i will be joined by the ceo of fox next. how he plans to keep feeting htem and his thoughts on the future of work. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ emily: welcome back to "bloomberg technology." i am emily chang in san francisco. the company estimates double-digit revenue growth by 2025, which may surprise some investors. other software companies are now struggling to maintain that momentum. burning me now, the ceo of box, aaron levie. talk to us about your outlook. you've outperformed four quarters in a row. what do you attribute this to? >> overall, there are three megatrends that enterprises are dealing with. the first is the continued push towards hybrid work. everything is going digital first, even as we come back into offices, and finally, cybersecurity challenges and risks are at the

amazon has one unconditional support from the european union for its plan to buy a movie company for the deal comes as amazon faces increasing pressure to acquire more programming, it also makes for a debt that the nearly century-old hollywood icon can create demand for streaming content. intel has pledged to invest almost $19 billion to build a cutting edge semiconductor company. it marks the beginning of europe's attempt to lower global chipmakers back to the region. the announcement comes -- shery: we are focused on what the fed will do as it kicks off its 2020 inflation fight, the big question is, how ingressive that battle will be. kathleen hays is here with the preview. markets right now are expecting a 25 basis point hike, but some thinking it could be larger. kathleen: betting it won't be, but some think it might be. the consumer price index coming in at the highest since 1990 on top of the cpi which saw its biggest increase, biggest annual increase for about 40 years. at this point, bloomberg economics, one argument they are making is when the markets are pricing in seven hik

be concerned i'm curious though when you are talking about a starbucks or amazon, mine, how many people are voting to unionizeount churn? >> like we said, some can have high turnover. i talked to organizener for amazon and he said there is 6,000 votes that are expected to be cast which is huge. so that count will take all week some of these starbucks hearings are done in 30 or 40 minutes starbucks hometown of seattle that unionized, a big one for the union, had nine workers. they voted unanimously to unionize but it was nine smaller footprint, smaller amount of workers, potentially easier to get everyone on the same page this the stores. it's ved ing across the country quickly. it's important to keep in mind how many people are voting and that's something i think investors are watching. >> it's important context. if some of the employees are not expecting to be there by the time their unionization efforts m manifest, why are they doing >> it's interesting. in talking to young workers at these companies, it seems like there is a collective group think improving things and making things better for everyone, not

amazon could likely win unconditional antitrust approval from the european union to buy movie studio the rights to james bond, now a decision is expected next week from the european commission. but the federal trade commission here in the u. s, is also still looking at the deal said to be close to deciding on it about the middle of this month, but could file antitrust concerns. amazon web services now pulling the plug on russia and belarus. it is not allowing new sign ups for aws in either country, the web hosting provider released a statement saying, quote given the current events and the uncertainty and lack of credit available in russia right now, we are not accepting new russian aws customers. at this moment, the company says it has no data centers, infrastructure or offices in russia and has a long standing policy. of not doing business with the russian government. time is 5 50 able twitter now has a version of its site that is privacy protected. the goal is to bypass surveillance and censorship after russia blocked access to twitter in russia. russia has blocked access to twitt

f o county is underway in alabama where amazon workers are deciding whether they should form a union. their colleagues in new york began costing the balance in a separate union election on friday. those in favor one better working conditions long the brakes and high wages and spring and john henry and his live ross investment in the state of alabama in the us. so john, 1st of all, any indication where this vote might be going well, the voting has just begun to be counted. and of course, this is the 2nd boat that's happened here. there was a vote last year and the national labor relations board decided to have another vote because they said that was unfair because the company interfered with workers' rights. treating workers a little bit like will smith treated chris rock at the oscars last night? according to the n l r b, they said that the company delivered a smack down to union rights in part because they put a ballot box on the company premises behind me. and that made workers feel like they were being surveilled, like people were looking at how they were voting. and there were oth

union, and others that have tried to migrate toward -- mindlessly migrate towards these renewable energy strategies without a cohesive plan becoming dependent upon russian oil, dependent upon oil from the ecuador, amazon such as california, 50% of the energy goes there. or dependent upon china for critical minerals and rare earths in order to build renewable energy technologies. china's making 90% of the solar panels in the world today. completely flawed strategy. these are unforced errors. this is completely unavoidable. we have to chart a better course for american citizens that are most being harmed by the incredible prices of energy as a result of failed energy policies or strategies. i want to yield to congresswoman yvette harrell from new mexico. ms. harrell: thank you so much. there is no doubt we have a war raging between russia and ukraine. but let's make not any mistake at all. this president waged war on the american people, the american industry, the day he signed the executive order that would stop building the keystone x.l. pipeline. remember that's 11,000 jobs that were lost at the stroke of a pen. look where we are right now. this administration would trust fuels from venezuela, from i

this is how it used to be in the soviet union, no coat, no mcdonald's, no amazon.question right now. they russians actually - media? it is a key question right. now. they russians actually believe what the state media machine is telling them? it is difficult to gauge public opinion in a country like russia, where there is only one poster remaining, his activities are severely restricted. but television, which is very strictly controlled by the state, is still the most important source of information and news for most russians. we think that most russians are at least willing to hear that message. the only source of uncensored information for them as social media, even though the government is trying to curb social media, it is still accessible in russia.- still accessible in russia. let's continue assessing _ still accessible in russia. let's continue assessing the - still accessible in russia. let's continue assessing the impact| still accessible in russia. let's continue assessing the impact of sanctions on russia. we can cross to washington to speak to dr alina

two union elections involving amazon warehouses. were actually voting for the second time after the national labor relations board ruled that amazon had interfered in that initial vote. >>> when we come back, former white house chief of staff and omb director mick mulvaney will join us to talk about president biden's billionaire's tax. and then what investors need to know about the bond market's recession signal as the two-year and the ten-year flirt with inversion. "squawk box" will be right back. >>> now for today's aflac trivia question what is the worst performing stock in the s&p 500 year to date the answer when cnbc's "squawk box" continues the aflac pre-pain show. aflac! paul is about to suffer a shelf-inflicted injury. luckily, aflac will help cover his unexpected medical bills. aflac! maybe you could use the money to buy a step stool. i have a step stool. so why are you climbing a shelf? the stool's on top of the shelf, isn't it paul... [shelf crashing] yeah... ♪ aflac! official partner of march madness. aflac! my son romeo

3rd party, but many pro union workers say when that happens, it's the company that sets the rules. one alabama worker was confident enough to take aim at amazon's billionaire owner, who also owns the blue origin space company. it's not really worth it to stay with the company who doesn't care about me as much as they care about. just be those going to the moon. it could take weeks to count up to 6100 ballots before it's clear. if workers here have opted to unionize, and whether organize, labor can gain ground deep in the heart of dixie. john henderson, al jazeera bessemer, alabama. ah, this is al jazeera and these other top stories, ukrainian military officials say they've reclaimed opin from russian forces. the city north west of cave has seen heavy fighting since russia began. it's pushed towards the capital last month. by gifts which stole hood your opinion, the occupiers are pushed away from her pin and key. but it's still too early to talk about safety in this part of our region fighting continues, russian troops hold the north of the key region and they have resources and manpower. they are trying to rebuild destroyed units. the level of