After the vote As a result of the election to consolidate Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama, the warehouse is still in the balance. The counting results were 993 votes against the unification and 875 votes in favor; however, 416 ballots were rejected, mainly because of voter eligibility.
The National Labor Relations Board will hold a hearing in the next few weeks to determine if any challenged ballots should count. It will then announce the final count that will determine which side wins the election.
Meanwhile, the Amazon Labor Union leads in an election to consolidate a warehouse on Staten Island, which is expected to close tomorrow.
Re-election was held in March after the union lost its initial vote from 1,798 to 738 last year, and Amazon was later found to have violated labor laws by installing a mailbox on its premises and using the “Vote No” gadget to poll employees.
The gap between yes and no votes narrowed significantly this year, but so far it hasn’t been enough to change the outcome. About 2,300 of the 6,100 voters were eligible to vote this year, with turnout at 38 percent. This is down from last year’s voter turnout of 52 percent.
The union has filed allegations of unfair labor practices with the National Labor Relations Board and has until April 7 to file an objection to conducting the election. If the board determines that Amazon’s conduct interfered with a free and fair election, it could overturn the results again, leading to a third round of elections. The charges include allegations that Amazon instituted a rule change that restricted workers’ access to the facility during non-working hours and that it removed pro-union flyers from rooms Vacation. The company denies these claims.
The results of the vote counting beat a two-year effort that attracted Congress attention, Celebrity confirm, a President announced and renewed focus on US labor law, which favors employers in union elections. As one of the world’s largest employers and the second largest in the United States, Amazon is widely regarded as a standard setter for working conditions across industries. Many in the labor movement see unionization as essential to curb what they describe as a harsh work environment. For its part, Amazon urged its employees to vote against the union, saying it had provided everything workers were asking for.
In a statement about the Bessemer facility, which Amazon calls “BHM1,” company spokeswoman Kelly Nantel writes, “We invest in both the pay and benefits for our team — full-time BHM1 employees. typically earn as little as $15.80 an hour and get access to first-day care health, 401k with corporate fit, and more. “
The effort begins with humility. In 2020, a warehouse worker named Darryl Richardson, who had previously been a union member at an auto factory, did a Google search for a union that might represent Amazon workers. The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) appeared in the results, so he filled out the form on its website.
