BESSEMER, AL – MARCH 12, 2021: Curtis Gray, visiting agent and vice president of the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union, canvasses the entrance to the BHM1 Amazon fulfillment warehouse. Gray, who has been affiliated with the union for 36 years, feels confident in the vote. “I think we got it, I really do,” Gray said. “Just from the response of the people coming out. Every now and then you get somebody giving a thumbs down, but most people are blowing their horn. This is a union town. It’s just a positive attitude from everybody.” And to be honest, I’m proud to be a black man from Birmingham, and to see a group of people that’s 80% black standing up for themselves. That’s not happening anywhere else in the country. So win or lose, we’ve made history already.” If the unionization effort is successful, BHM1 will become the first unionized Amazon warehouse in the country. CREDIT: Bob Miller for The New York Times