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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: 1) by khallow on Sunday April 11 2021, @02:11PM (5 children)
Truth is an absolute defense against your derps. No one is forcing you to free market.
And there we go. The false dilemma of work at Amazon or die of poverty. You could always get a different good job if Amazon isn't good enough for you, right?
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 11 2021, @02:40PM (1 child)
Simple - companies like Amazon can’t compete on quality - most of the shit sold on Amazon is crap that wannabe Amazon sellers buy from other Amazon sellers.
And now that Amazon is trying to generate more revenue by hiding the cheap selling, you can get much of the stuff they sell online locally on sale for less.
Most sellers generate less then $8k a year in sales. But they stick to it because they want to live the dream of sitting in their fat asses making money selling online rather than actually working.
And that $8k is gross sales, not net profit. They would be far better off working a minimum wage job.
As the economy recovers brick and mortar will do fine, because Amazon sellers can’t compete on quality.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday April 11 2021, @10:07PM
Because they're bad for employers. Duh.
What I think is missed here is that just because something is bad for employers, doesn't make it good for employees. You can have a negative sum game here.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 11 2021, @04:53PM (1 child)
did you even read the last 2 comments dude
(Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday April 11 2021, @10:08PM
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 11 2021, @05:29PM
"The false dilemma of work at Amazon or die of poverty."
We should bring that false dilemma to its logical conclusion. He should be grateful that there is an Amazon to give him a job because if there is no Amazon then he would have no job. So we need to be VERY careful about not forcing Amazon to do anything that might cause them to either go out of business or cut their workforce to stay afloat.