A high-stakes union election is coming to a close at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama. If a majority of workers vote in favour, it will be the first Amazon site to be unionised in the US and could produce ripple effects at warehouses across the country. Also today, we look at the costs of the traffic jam in the Suez Canal, and Chinese authorities slam Western brands for criticising alleged human rights abuses in the province of Xinjiang.
