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(Reuters) -Amazon.com Inc’s fierce resistance to unionization, skepticism among workers that organizing could get them a better deal and decisions on election parameters all contributed to the apparently lopsided defeat of a labor drive at the company’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, people close to the events said.
FILE PHOTO: Aerial view of the Amazon facility where workers will vote on whether to unionize, in Bessemer, Alabama, U.S., March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Dustin Chambers
A vote by workers on whether to unionize failed on Friday by a more than 2-to-1 margin in a major win for the world’s largest online retailer. The union plans to challenge the results based on Amazon’s conduct during the election.
Amazon s defeat of union organizing effort shows the harsh realities facing US labor movement
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Amazon.com Inc’s fierce resistance to unionization, skepticism among workers that organizing could get them a better deal and decisions on election parameters all contributed to the apparently lopsided defeat of a labor drive at the company’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, people close to the events said.
A vote by workers on whether to unionize failed on Friday by a more than 2-to-1 margin in a major win for the world’s largest online retailer. The union plans to challenge the results based on Amazon’s conduct during the election.
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Please wait. Union leaders had hoped the campaign just outside Birmingham would create Amazon s first organized workplace in the country and spark a new era of worker activism. Instead, it has illustrated the continued challenges facing the labor movement. Officials at the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) argued that Amazon s unfair tactics were to blame in an election where only just over half of eligible workers cast ballots. In a statement, the RWDSU said, The results of the election should be set aside because conduct by the employer created an atmosphere of confusion, coercion and/or fear of reprisals and thus interfered with the employees freedom of choice.
Analysis-Amazon s win in union fight shows harsh realities facing labor movement
Reuters | Apr 10, 2021 12:36 AM EDT
Aerial view of the Amazon facility where workers will vote on whether to unionize, in Bessemer, Alabama, U.S., (Photo : REUTERS/Dustin Chambers)
Amazon.com Inc s fierce resistance to unionization, skepticism among workers that organizing could get them a better deal and decisions on election parameters all contributed to the apparently lopsided defeat of a labor drive at the company s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, people close to the events said.
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A vote by workers on whether to unionize failed on Friday by a more than 2-to-1 margin in a major win for the world s largest online retailer. The union plans to challenge the results based on Amazon s conduct during the election.
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