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posted by martyb on Saturday April 10 2021, @02:11PM   Printer-friendly
from the people-have-spoken dept.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/04/the-amazon-union-drive-in-alabama-appears-headed-for-defeat/

Update: A majority of workers have voted not to form a union at the Amazon Fulfillment Center in Bessemer, Alabama. The result of the NLRB's initial vote count was 1,798 votes against the union and 738 in favor. Hundreds of additional ballots were not counted because their authenticity was disputed. But the "no" side already has a majority of the 3,215 votes cast, making the issue moot.

Original story, April 8: A closely watched effort to unionize an Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama appears to be headed for defeat. With about half the votes counted, 1,100 workers have voted against forming a union, while only 463 voted in favor.

The National Labor Relations Board is counting the 3,215 votes that were cast by workers at the Bessemer facility. The union needs to win at least half the votes in order to become the official representative of the roughly 6,000 workers at the Bessemer facility. Counting has ended for the evening and is scheduled to resume at 8:30 am Central Time on Friday.

Also at The Washington Post, c|net, and Al Jazeera.


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  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Mojibake Tengu on Saturday April 10 2021, @03:54PM (6 children)

    by Mojibake Tengu (8598) on Saturday April 10 2021, @03:54PM (#1135703) Journal

    And with spectacularly stupid population of serfs like these, you expect to... colonize Mars?

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday April 10 2021, @05:10PM (1 child)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday April 10 2021, @05:10PM (#1135732) Journal
    Who is "you" here? And what's stupid about the serfs?
    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 12 2021, @07:02AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 12 2021, @07:02AM (#1136277)

      He's talking about Americans. Only thing worse than dragons (Gerard Butler's character in "Reign of Fire"), and only people with less education than dragons (rather Smaugish, it's a fever).

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 10 2021, @07:09PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 10 2021, @07:09PM (#1135762)

    And who are you, who have no stake in the outcome, to call the workers stupid for making a choice that doesn't fit your political bias?

    • (Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 10 2021, @08:27PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 10 2021, @08:27PM (#1135788)

      It's Mojibake. Some flavour of Russian, probably an alcoholic.

  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 10 2021, @10:13PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 10 2021, @10:13PM (#1135828)
    They’re be in the B Ark: there will be LOTS AND LOTS of B Arks.