Labor groups close in on Amazon in 2 tight union elections
One labor and employment observer said the New York vote was "shocking," since Amazon workers there had no support from an established union.
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One labor and employment observer said the New York vote was "shocking," since Amazon workers there had no support from an established union.
Amazon workers in Alabama appear to have rejected a union bid in a tight race, according to early results on Thursday. But outstanding challenged votes could change the outcome. In New York, union supporters have the edge in a count that will continue Friday morning. Warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, voted 993 to 875 against…
While the ALU claims to be independent, its orientation is to the trade union apparatus, a section of which sees such initiatives as a means to somehow revive support for thoroughly discredited organizations.
After the first day of vote counting, a campaign to unionize workers at one of Amazon's Staten Island, New York, sites is in the lead.
Amazon workers in Alabama appear to have rejected a union bid in a tight race, according to early results on Thursday. But outstanding challenged votes could change the outcome.