Amazon employees could determine the future of America’s labor movement

The American labor movement’s future could be decided later this month as employees of Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama, fulfillment center vote on whether to unionize.

The nearly 6,000 Amazon employees of Amazon’s Bessemer warehouse — a city ironically named after a 19th-century inventor known for his steelmaking process, an industry with historical union ties — have to decide by March 29 to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, according to The New York Times.

If Bessemer’s workers do vote to join the union, their efforts could inspire employees of...