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President Joe Biden welcomes a vote by Amazon employees in New York to form the first US union at the online commerce giant, White House press secretary tells reporters. "The president was glad to see workers ensure their voices are heard with respect to important workplace decisions," Jen Psaki says. SOUNDBITE
Employees of a Starbucks in Buffalo, New York have succeeded in forming the first union at a branch of the retail coffee giant in the United States. They listen as ballots are counted and celebrate after passing the threshold to unionize. IMAGES
German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated that the UK will lose access to the EU's single market if it doesn't accept EU rules on the freedom of movement, during a press conference following a European Council emergency meeting on Brexit in Brussels, Wednesday.
French union representatives Francois Hommeril of CFE-CGC (The French Confederation of Managers) and Cyril Chabanier of CFTC (French Confederation of Christian Workers) arrive at the Elysee Palace to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron. IMAGES
"The union of the left is still very strongly desired by the activists, the sympathisers, the supporters," says French presidential candidate Christiane Taubira, two months before the presidential election. IMAGES