The tone of the Senate Budget Committee hearing was set before it began when Chris Smalls, president of the Amazon Labor Union, arrived wearing a tri-colored sports jacket emblazoned with a pointed message: “Eat the Rich.”
Without saying a word, Smalls signaled that this wouldn’t be a normal gathering of the Senate Budget Committee—and it wasn’t. Over the next 90 minutes, Smalls and Teamsters President Sean O’Brien—two new labor leaders who have energized the left—used their first appearances on Capitol Hill to excoriate Amazon, energize their supporters, and argue with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.
The hearing ...