Union appears headed to defeat in Amazon.com election
04/09/2021 14:41
(Reuters) -Ballot counting resumed Friday in a union election at an Amazon.com warehouse in Alabama, with the union that hopes to change U.S. labor history well behind in the vote count.
Amazon workers at the warehouse in Bessemer voted to reject unionization by a more than 2-1 margin as of Friday morning, with a majority of the 3,215 ballots counted. More than 1,400 voted against forming a union, with some 600 ballots in favor.
The vote count resumed at 8:30 a.m. CT (1330 GMT) Friday.
Whatever the results, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), which is trying to organize the employees, has the same legal options as Amazon: challenge the eligibility of individual voters or allege that coercive conduct tainted the election.
By Reuters Staff
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(Reuters) -Efforts to unionize Amazon.com warehouse workers in Alabama were unofficially defeated on Friday by a more than 2-to-1 margin with more than half of the ballots counted.
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So far, over 1,700 voted against forming a union, with nearly 700 ballots in favor. A simple majority is needed for victory, but both sides have the right to challenge the eligibility of ballots.
Union group RWDSU said it is filing objections charging that Amazon interfered with the right of its Bessemer, Alabama employees to vote.
Amazon shares were up 0.5% Friday; the vote count resumed at 8:30 a.m. CT (1330 GMT).
BESSEMER, Ala. (Reuters) Efforts to unionize Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama were unofficially defeated on Friday by a more than 2-to-1 margin with more than half of the ballots counted.
So far, over 1,700 voted against forming a union, with nearly 700 ballots in favor. A simple majority is needed for victory, but both sides have the right to challenge the eligibility of ballots.
The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union said it is filing objections charging that Amazon interfered with the right of its Bessemer, Alabama, employees to vote.
Amazon shares were up 0.5% Friday; the vote count resumed at 8:30 a.m. CT.
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