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Amazon defeats union push in Alabama, but labor leaders say the fight’s not over The union push at Bessemer marked the first time that workers have tried to unionize a U.S. Amazon facility since a failed 2014 effort in Delaware. In this Feb. 9 file photo, Michael Foster of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union held a sign outside an Amazon facility where labor was trying to organize workers in Bessemer, Ala.(Jay Reeves) By Tribune News Service Amazon scored a resounding victory Friday in a union vote at its Bessemer, Ala., warehouse, the most high-profile organizing drive in the ...

To avoid running headlong into the next battle in an escalating war with a resurgent organized labor movement that is backed by the U.S. president, Amazon probably needs to act on a few important lessons.

Though it won decisively, the battle was unusually bruising, and the public is likely to remember the entire ordeal.

Before it comfortably retires with its victory over unionization efforts, Amazon will likely stop to carefully consider the Bessemer saga.

Amazon workers vote against forming a union in Bessemer, Alabama 10 Apr, 2021 02:25 AM 7 minutes to read Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, have voted 1798 to 738 against forming a union. Photo / AP Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, have voted 1798 to 738 against forming a union. Photo / AP AP Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama have handed the online retail giant a decisive victory by voting against forming a union and cutting off a path that labour activists had hoped would lead to similar efforts throughout the company and beyond. After months of ag...