Of the 3,215 ballots cast, there were 1,798 votes opposing the union and 738 in favor. Approximately 5,800 workers at the Bessemer warehouse were eligible to vote on whether to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union.
In order to defeat the union, Amazon needed to garner 1,608 votes, or a little more than 50% of the ballots cast. The margin of victory is larger than the approximately 500 challenged ballots, which would have only been tallied if they would ve swayed the outcome of the election. The election result still needs to be formally certified by the Nationa Labor Relations Board.
The RWDSU said it plans to challenge the election results. The union said it intends to file objections over Amazon s election conduct with the NLRB, as well as a number of unfair labor practice charges, alleging that Amazon interfered with the rights of its Bessemer, Alabama employees to vote in a free and fair election.
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