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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.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 10 2021, @08:04PM (1 child)
Parent said:
"You would need political action not only state-wide, but perhaps nation-wide to avoid corporations venue shopping. That's what hollowed out the Rust Belt."
The people of Alabama are very aware of why those jobs were moved to the non-union South, and how easily those jobs could leave them too if they get greedy.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 11 2021, @07:12PM
That's a b.s. rationalization. Being in a union doesn't guarantee that the work becomes expensive. They don't just get to have unlimited demands. Neither of the unions that I'm currently in have delivered much more than a basic wage with basic benefits. I'm better off than without the unions, but I'm hardy going to get rich of it either.
This is more about Bezos being a psychopath that would rather park an ambulance on site than keep the temperature in the warehouses safe. A union wouldn't tolerate that. It's not like her can't afford safer work conditions, he just chooses not to provide them.