597 4 minutes read Voting is now underway in Alabama. What started as a clandestine meeting between a handful of BHM1 Amazon Fulfillment Center workers and Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union organizers is now a full-fledged union drive. Roughly 5,800 workers are voting by mail to form what could be the first labor union at any Amazon facility in the United States. Voting ends March 29. The historic campaign, if successful, could spark a wave of unionization around the country. Amazon, owned by the second richest man in the world Jeff Bezos, now employs 1.5 million workers worldwide. The only unionized facilities exist in Germany. After an unsuccessful attempt in New Jersey seven years ago, workers and organizers have fought long and hard to see what is now taking place in Bessemer, Ala.