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The failed vote is a setback for a retail union and politicians like Senator Bernie Sanders, who described the effort as a pivotal moment for American unions and workers.   The Amazon fulfilment center in Bessemer, Ala., where workers came up short in an election on whether to form a union. (Courthouse News photo/Daniel Jackson) (CN)  — The push to form the first union at an Amazon fulfillment center in the United States has failed, as the National Labor Relations Board announced Friday that workers at the plant in Bessemer, Alabama, rejected unionization by a large margin. Of the 5,876 ...

By Chris Mills Rodrigo - 04/09/21 11:05 AM EDT   Workers at Amazon’s Bessemer, Ala., warehouse have voted not to unionize, a major victory for the e-commerce giant but not the end of the fight for labor organizers. Out of the 3,215 employees who participated, 1,798 "no" votes and 738 "yes" votes were recorded. Fifty-percent plus one of the employees would have had to vote “yes” for the union to gain National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recognition. “It’s easy to predict the union will say that Amazon won this election because we intimidated employees, but that’s not true,�...

Hillicon Valley: Amazon wins union election — says 'our employees made the choice' Chris Mills Rodrigo,Rebecca Klar and Maggie Miller © Getty Images Hillicon Valley: Amazon wins union election — says 'our employees made the choice' Welcome to Hillicon Valley, The Hill's newsletter detailing all you need to know about the tech and cyber news from Capitol Hill to Silicon Valley. If you don't already, be sure to sign up for our newsletter by clicking ), for more coverage. STORY OF THE DAY: Amazon came out victorious at the end of a two day vote counting session in the ele...

Amazon on verge of thwarting union vote in Alabama; remaining ballots to be counted Friday April 9, 2021 at 7:47 am (Amazon Photo) Amazon appears well on its way to thwarting an attempt to unionize workers at its Bessemer, Ala. plant with the pro-union vote falling well behind the anti-union tally on Thursday as counting was suspended for the evening.  With 1,100 workers choosing against representation by the Retail, Wholesale Department Store Union compared to 463 in favor of unionization, the attempt to hand Amazon its first unionized group of workers appears to be falling well short of su...

How Amazon’s ‘Trench Warfare’ Against Unions Could Damage its Consumer Confidence April 1, 2021 at 8:00 AM EDT By Adam Blair An Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer, Ala. has become the first battle site in a war to unionize the ecommerce giant’s workers. Depending on the outcome from a month of mail-in voting that ended March 30, approximately 5,800 workers at the facility, BHM1, could gain the right to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store (RWDSU) union. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is in the process of counting votes, with results expec...