Amazon secures enough votes to block union effort
Amazon workers vote against forming union By JOSEPH PISANI | April 9, 2021 at 10:21 AM EDT - Updated April 9 at 5:24 PM
(AP) - Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama handed the online retail giant a decisive victory when they voted against forming a union and cut off a path that labor activists had hoped would lead to similar efforts throughout the company and beyond.
After months of aggressive campaigning from both sides, 1,798 warehouse workers ultimately rejected the union while 738 voted in favor of it, according to the National Labor Relations Board, which is overseeing the process.
Amazon secures enough votes to block union effort
Amazon crossed the threshold to secure a majority of votes, with 1,798 warehouse workers voting against the union and 738 votes in favor. Author: JOSEPH PISANI (AP Retail Writer) Published: 7:18 PM EDT April 8, 2021 Updated: 12:26 PM EDT April 9, 2021
ALABAMA, USA Amazon has secured enough votes to block a union effort at a warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, proving the might of the online shopping giant and cutting off a path that labor activists had hoped would lead to similar efforts throughout the company and beyond.
Amazon crossed the threshold to secure a majority of votes, with 1,798 warehouse workers rejecting the union and 738 voting in favor, according to the National Labor Relations Board, which is overseeing the process.
Amazon unionisation: 1,100 warehouse workers rejected the union while 463 voted in favour
Pixabay/Christian Wiediger Amazon is heading into the final stretch of a union push in Bessemer, Alabama with a sizeable lead over labour organisers.
With nearly half the ballots counted Thursday night, 1,100 warehouse workers had rejected the union while 463 voted in favour of it.
The count will resume Friday morning in Birmingham, Alabama, where agents for the National Labour Relations Board are counting each vote by hand. The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, which is organizing the Amazon workers in Bessemer, said that 3,215 votes were sent in - about 55 per cent of the nearly 6,000 workers who were eligible to vote. Whichever side secures the majority of the votes will be declared the winner .
AP Photo/Jay Reeves, File
Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama handed the online retail giant a decisive victory when they voted against forming a union and cut off a path that labor activists had hoped would lead to similar efforts throughout the company and beyond.
After months of aggressive campaigning from both sides, 1,798 warehouse workers ultimately rejected the union while 738 voted in favor of it, according to the National Labor Relations Board, which is overseeing the process.
Of the 3,117 votes cast, 76 were voided for being filled out incorrectly and 505 were contested by either Amazon or the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, which led the organizing efforts in Bessemer. But the NLRB said the contested votes were not enough to sway the outcome. About 53% of the nearly 6,000 workers cast their ballots.
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