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PRO Act Could Mean US Will Determine Winners of Unionization Drives More than 70 percent of the employees of Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama, facility voted against joining a union, but that’s not the last word by far, especially if the Democrats’ PRO Act becomes law. A total of 3,215 of the Amazon warehouse’s 5,800 employees cast mail-in ballots in the April 9 election, with 1,798, or 70.9 percent, voting against unionizing under the banner of the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU). The union needed 50 percent plus one to win. The vote was closely watched by political o...

Union organizers file formal objections over Amazon’s opposition campaign in Alabama April 19, 2021 at 7:47 am (Amazon Photo) The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union on Monday formally accused Amazon of illegal and coercive activity in the weeks preceding the union’s unsuccessful campaign to organize warehouse workers in Bessemer, Ala. In a series of 23 specific objections posted to the federal National Labor Relations Board docket (read in full below), the RWDSU broadly claimed that Amazon actively sought to make voting logistically difficult and that the company intimidated emp...

Union Moves for Results of Amazon Vote in Alabama to Be Invalidated Photo: Jay Reeves (AP) A litany of allegations about Amazon’s anti-union offensive today comes from the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU). After Amazon workers in Bessemer chose not to unionize by a 1,798 to 738 vote, the RWDSU has accused the company of offering workers an impossible choice: reject the union or lose their job. If the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) finds that the objections have merit, it could overturn the election. Advertisement The employees’ decision marked a reversal of the...

Riddle: When is a labor union a lot like Donald Trump? Answer: When it loses an election.

Photo: Activists rally in Detroit in support of the Bessemer Amazon workers’ struggle. Liberation photo: Jason Tschantre Yesterday news broke regarding the loss of the union vote at the BHM1 Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama. Despite the loss, the workers have vowed to continue the movement and to file objections and Unfair Labor Practices complaints against Amazon’s illegal meddling in what should have been a fair process and decision made by the workers alone. There are many possible outcomes including potential for a re-election as a result of Amazon’s violations. The ob...