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THE UNITED Statesâ Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) is to file charges against Amazon on the grounds that they illegally interfered in a recent vote to recognise the union, and to hold the giant company accountable for their actions.
The RWDSU will file Objections and Unfair Labour Practice charges implicating Amazon.
This follows reports that Amazon employees at the companyâs giant warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, have voted against unionising the facilityâs roughly 5,800-person workforce.
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced that out of 3,041 potentially valid votes, 1,798 workers at the BHM1 fulfillment centre had voted against joining a union, while 738 workers voted in favour. (The union had previously reported collecting a total of 3,215 ballots.)
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.