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The no votes edged out the yes votes in the do-over election in Bessemer, Alabama, but more than 400 challenged ballots remain. A hearing will determine whether those ballots will be counted.

Workers were leaning against unionizing in a preliminary tally, but the final results may not be known for weeks.

After a crushing defeat last year, organizers are hoping for a different outcome in a do-over election.

In 2021 the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union failed to form a union at an Alabama Amazon warehouse after most workers opposed it. But the National Labor Relations Board ruled Amazon influenced that vote, and results of the do-over are expected soon.

They come after a spate of strikes.

Several hundred workers at a Kellogg's plant that makes Cheez-Its won a new contract that delivers more than 15% wage increases over three years after 1,400 workers at the company's cereal plants went on strike for nearly three months last fall

After a crushing defeat last year, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union is hoping for a different outcome when warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama decide whether or not to form a union in a do-over election

If a vote at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, goes in favor of the union, it would be the company's first one ever in the U.S.

From Amazon to Starbucks, US companies are seeing a revival in the power of unions and collective bargaining.