Amazon’s win in Alabama is latest victory in power struggle between tech giants, workers Author: Nitasha Tiku, Eli Rosenberg, Jay Greene, Craig Timberg, The Washington Post Updated: 1 hour ago Published 1 hour ago
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Print article Amazon’s defeat of a union organizing effort in Alabama on Friday was the latest setback for workers who have been clamoring to assert more control over the technology companies that depend on them - one that showed how Silicon Valley giants still have a major edge in determining where power resides in the modern economy. Labor advocates expressed dismay after a push to organize Amazon’s Bessemer, Ala., warehouse was rejected by a surprisingly large margin amid fierce opposition from the Seattle-based e-commerce giant. The advocates, who have complained for years about worker treatment at Amazon warehouses, came to see the Bessemer warehouse as a top prospect for gaining a foothold in one of America’s biggest and most
Amazon's defeat of a union organising effort in Alabama is the latest setback for workers who have been aiming to assert more control over the companies that depend on them.
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The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) announced on Friday that it planned to file unfair labor practice charges against Amazon over allegations of employee intimidation and manipulation. The union also
requested a hearing before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to go over its objections.
Meanwhile, activists who’ve worked for Amazon said the election outcome will not stop more organizing efforts at other Amazon facilities in the US. And reports in recent months point to the Teamsters Union trying to organize other Amazon warehouses and delivery drivers.
E-mails show that Amazon pressed the Postal Service for a mailbox, a move a union says violates labor law
By Jay Greene Washington Post,Updated April 8, 2021, 2 hours ago
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Michael Foster of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union held a sign outside an Amazon facility where labor is trying to organize workers in Bessemer, Ala.Jay Reeves/Associated Press
SEATTLE â E-mails among US Postal Service employees in January and February show that Amazon pressed to install a mailbox outside its Bessemer, Ala., warehouse, revelations the union battling to organize workers there say violate labor laws.
The Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union is fighting to represent 5,805 workers at the facility in one of the most high-profile labor battles in years, and the National Labor Relations Board was expected to begin counting votes Thursday.