Amazon Illegally Interfered in Alabama Warehouse Vote, Union Alleges
Results in the Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse election remain too close to call and hinge on several hundred challenged ballots.
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Results in the Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse election remain too close to call and hinge on several hundred challenged ballots.
Workers last week voted to form the company’s first US union..
The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union has filed objections to the results of the election in Bessemer, Alabama, saying that Amazon illegally interfered again.
Companies such as Amazon and Starbucks routinely hold "captive audience meetings" during union drives.
Amazon reportedly plans to object to a recent union election victory at its Staten Island warehouse, alleging that organizers pressured workers into voting.