Historic vote to unionize at Alabama Amazon warehouse failed. What went wrong, what's next?

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People protest in support of the unionizing efforts of the Alabama Amazon workers, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 22, 2021.
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Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama voted against unionization on Thursday night. It was a big win for Amazon, the second largest employer in the U.S. after Walmart. The vote drew national attention as organizers pushed to create the first union at an American Amazon facility.
“What you heard is tales of incredibly bad working conditions, people who are disrespected and they want a union to represent them,” Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders told MSNBC last month after meeting with Amazon warehouse workers. “So obviously if they win that organizing union drive — and I hope they do — it will not only be important to Amazon workers in Birmingham, it will spread all over this country to other Amazon warehouses. And I think it will be a shot in the arm for union organizing all across this country.”

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