Amazon. Employees of com Inc. in Alabama voted not to unionize, according to a Wall Street Journal count, giving the tech giant a victory in its biggest battle to date against workers’ organizing efforts after the contest fueled the national debate over working conditions in one of the countries of the country. the biggest entrepreneurs.
With 72% of the ballots counted, approximately 71% in Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse workers voted against joining the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store union, according to a Wall Street Journal poll. The number of votes against a union exceeds 1608, the total needed to reach a majority of the 3,215 ballots mailed to workers. The National Labor Relations Board continues to count live votes on a broadcast and has not yet declared an official winner.
Each party has about a week to answer the results before the NLRB certifies the result, and the union is expected to appeal the vote and accuse Amazon of violating the legal restrictions governing unionization campaigns. Amazon has said it followed the law in its communication with employees before and during the election.
Bessemer’s facilities employ less than 1% of Amazon’s approximately 950,000 employees in the U.S., but the vote emerged as a turning point for a company that hired at a faster rate than almost any corporation. deprived of history last year.
Supporters contrasted Amazon’s reputation for growth, profits, and innovation with the working conditions of grassroots employees, some of whom have complained both publicly and in the company about the physical demands of the workplace. They also compared the wealth of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to the experience of warehouse workers every hour.