Union Moves for Results of Amazon Vote in Alabama to Be Invalidated
Photo: Jay Reeves (AP)
A litany of allegations about Amazon’s anti-union offensive today comes from the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU). After Amazon workers in Bessemer chose not to unionize by a 1,798 to 738 vote, the RWDSU has accused the company of offering workers an impossible choice: reject the union or lose their job. If the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) finds that the objections have merit, it could overturn the election.
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The employees’ decision marked a reversal of the initial level of interest in unionization, according to the RWDSU. The union has claimed that, before Amazon’s anti-union campaign, 3,000 of Amazon’s 5,800 warehouse employees had signed union authorization cards in support of the election.