john hendrick has lot 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 ruled 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. it's once they got the information. ah, that was more impactful to the alive. so. yeah, the on boards 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? hundreds of them in a statement amazon spokesper

john henderson, al jazeera bessemer, alabama. supreme court and on doris as authorize, the extradition of former present one, orlando hernandez to the united states or not as is wanted by u. s. prosecutors on drugs and firearms charges. conservative, formerly held office from 2014 until early this year. he denies the accusations which in 2 kinds you participated in drug trafficking schemes. while the academy of motion, picture arts and science sciences has condemned actor will smith flap of present to chris rocker the oscar ceremony on sunday. the communion had made a joke about smith's wife smith went on to apologize in acceptance. speech for the award for best act up the academy says it started a formal review. i love you jane too. can't wait to see it. ah no, that was a nice one. okay, i got it. oh really with wow. we'll snip this. wow, do it was a g i jane g bar. 2 0, no, i'm going to okay. ah, just to look at the main developments is our, the latest round of peace negotiations that you to begin on tuesday in turkey, between russia and ukraine negotiations from both sides of arrive

john henderson, al jazeera bessemer, alabama. ah, this is all, these are the top stories, ukrainian military officials say the reclaimed opin from russian forces. the city northwest of ki has seen heavy fighting since russia began its pushed towards the capital. last month of we'll find gifts which stole hood your opinion. the occupiers pushed away from her pin and key but it's still too early to.

i'm john hadron in bessemer, alabama. we're workers at this amazon facility are boating to decide whether they should be the 1st in the country to unionize their workplace. we begin in ukraine where the country's military says it's pushed back. some russian advances, as talks between the 2 countries are set to resume. ukraine says it's retaken areas now i'm a kid in the east and the major he ever saw the above it pin that where there's been heavy fighting. oh, good point. if you store who you're bringing up, the occupiers of pushed away from air, pen and key, but it's still too early to talk about safety in this part of our region fight, 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 90 percent of losses is none argument for them to stop it even while a man of the deceased port city of merrier poet says, $5000.00 civilians have been killed since the war began. now the 200000 people remained trapped there about both sid

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john henderson, al jazeera bessemer, alabama. now, actor will smith has issued an apology to comedian chris rock for hitting him on stage during sunday's academy awards. smith says his conduct was unacceptable and inexcusable. hide each o. castro in los angeles, takes us through a tumultuous oscars night. are you excited to announce beth n askar goes to okay, koda, the independent film poto was the underdog winter of the best picture. oscar breaking new ground as the 1st film produced by a streaming service to win best picture, and with its mostly death cast, including troy cut sir, who made history as the 1st death man to win an oscar for best supporting actor. i just wanted to say that this is dedicated to the death community, the coda community and the disabled community. this is our moment. mixed dune one the most awards with 6 g i j and to can't wait to see it. but the talk of the night was when after will smith punched comedian chris rock over a joke about smith's wife's hair. wow. we'll snip the snack out of it. g to think

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there have been efforts to unionize amazon, including bessemer, alabama.s going to happen again because amazon was found to have violated the and in all rb act. -- the nlrb act. the conversation has been going on for years. amazon has won all of those battles. if there were a successful union effort in san francisco, that would be a national first and would give momentum to their unionizing efforts elsewhere. kristen: in september, you were the first to report that amazon and the city's office of workforce development quietly came to a negotiation agreement. that surprised several city supervisors and i imagine labor must have been concerned. what has happened since? >> certainly come a labor is concerned with the negotiations between the city and amazon. in particular, they want to be in the room for negotiations. recently, the mayor had a meeting with union leaders to address their concerns about the amazon project. i think this was part of her efforts to make sure that labor views and positions were included in those discussions. in that meeting, she si

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 90 percent of losses is none. argument for them to stop it, even nearly 5000 civilians have been killed in merrier poll since russia's invasion began. that's according to the city's mer also says almost 200000 people remain trapped in the besieged city. a fresh round of talks between russia and ukraine is due to begin in turkey. go shooters from both countries will meet face to face danville on tuesday status. president re

john henderson, al jazeera bessemer, alabama. in india, hundreds of workers have been marching in the capital against government. the government for economic policies, it is with random has more we are new daily's main protest. i jumped on month there were hundreds of people have gathered to protest against various government policy, including maybe laws which they say will make it easier for companies to fire. and harder for them to protest, they also rang again, the privatization of public assets, especially in the banking in energy telecommunication sectors. and the government's proposal to lower the interest rate on retirement savings, which tens of millions of people rely on. now this is the 2nd day of strike and protest has been organized by trade unions. on tuesday, we've seen people continue to protest in the summer and nod shops in b. i'm carolyn capital settlement on the buddha, remain closed. and that was people then here say that they are, that the government policies protesting against governance policies which are a

john henderson, al jazeera bessemer, alabama. ah, this is al jazeera and these other top stories. now ukrainian officials say they have reclaimed opin from russian forces. the city north west of cuba has seen heavy fighting since russia began. it's pushed towards the capital last month of the gift restore. who is your opinion? the occupiers have 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. they have resources and manpower. they are trying to rebuild destroyed units. the level of 90 percent of losses is not an argument for them to stop. at least 5000 civilians have been killed in mario pulse since russia's invasion began. that's according to the fifty's mer, also says up to 200000 people, remain trapped in the besieged city. fresh round of talks between russia and ukraine are due to begin in turkey. both sides will meet face to face and it's done bull tomorrow. suckers, preston, rosette tire, bird one says there has been progress between the 2 sides. ea

john henderson, al jazeera bessemer, alabama. ah, this is where these are the top stories, ukrainian military officials say the reclaimed opin from russian forces. the city northwest of ki has seen heavy fighting since russia began its pushed towards the capital last month of the bank if you stole, who's your opinion? the occupiers 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 90 percent of losses is none. argument for them to stop anyone. any 5000 civilians have been killed. mario poles and rushes invasion began. that's according to the city's mayor who also says 160000 people remain shop there. fresh round of talks between russia and ukraine, or jude, to begin in turkey. negotiators from both countries are going to meet face to face in a stumble. and tuesday turkey's presidencies. entire part of mine says th

the turnout last time in bessemer was strong, but the unions got trounced.o, yeah, the unions are trying. they could get trounced. it's just not working and they're trying to bark up the wrong tree here. this isn't about whether the conditions at amazon and the warehouses need to improve ai amazon itself is working on that they're looking at whether they trust them do that themselves based on the wages they've been paying, or do they want to pay a third party to challenge amazon and change the working condition s perhaps that way we're going to see. >> we'll see how much is about wages per se and work rules as depoints out if the unionization points out, if it isn't evidently strong in the labor market, it's hard to imagine a better period for the union to make a move. >> remember, amazon is coming out of the pandemic where there was more work and tougher working conditions jon, you make a really good point. amazon pays higher than the average employer there were a lot of benefits they were given $3,000 signing bonuses, but the key here is trust among the wo

meanwhile, the national labor relations board is starting to review ballots from the re-do of the bessemerabama, 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 "coda." danny glover won the jean hersholt humanitarian award for his decades of activism fighting against war and for social, economic, and racial justice. and in a shocking moment, actor will smith rushed the stage and hit osc

in bessemer, alabama, union organizers have begun counting more than 6,000 ballots. it's the second union election there in a year. and in staten island, new 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

workers in bessemer, alabama, voted for the second time whether to join the rwsdu.rd found that amazon improperly interfered in the union contest last spring. you may recall the controversy 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