Amazon Workers Vote Against Union
Amazon Workers at is Bessemer, Alabama, plant have voted 1,798 to 738 to reject the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. The counting concluding this morning. Currently 505 ballots are being challenged. However, the challenged ballots will most likely not have an effect due to the large margin of management victory. The union has stated that it will launch a legal challenge to the result, which is likely to look at the high number of contested ballots and union allegations of unfair tactics during the campaign. However, Amazon shares rose 0.8% today adding to earlier gains.
See "Amazon Workers Vote Against Union", Michael Sainato, The Guardian, April 9, 2021