Amazon wins enough votes to beat union effort in Alabama; of the 3,215 ballots cast, there were 1,798 votes opposing the union and 738 votes in favor
it's shining a spotlight on how tilted the playing field is against unions during organizing drives. That could build support for the PRO Act—the most pro-union piece of legislation in decades https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Alex Morash / @alexmorash : I said before the vote counting started at Amazon it is close to impossible to win a union vote as long as companies can move heaven and earth to change the outcome. It is time to open our eyes and see that workers have almost no rights in this country. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Lauren Kaori Gurley / @laurenkgurley : BREAKING: Amazon has secured the majority of votes (1,608) in the @BAmazonUnion. The NLRB has not declared the company victorious, and union has indicated that it will file objections to Amazon's conduct during the election. https://www.vice.com/... Samantha Cole / @samleecole : “Our system is broken, Amazon took full advantage of that, and we will be calling on the labor board to hold Amazon accountable for its illegal and egregious behavior during the campaign” https://www.vice.com/... Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / @lorenzofb : BREAKING: Amazon has secured a majority of “no” votes in Bessemer, Alabama. The retail giant has defeated its workers' attempt to unionize. https://www.vice.com/... @deitaone : *About 71% of Amazon Workers Voted ‘No’ to Union, Wall Street Journal Count Shows Joseph Cox / @josephfcox : Breaking: Amazon has enough votes to bust the Bessemer union https://www.vice.com/... Josh Eidelson / @josheidelson : The Labor Board has now counted over 1,608 “No” votes in the Amazon union election, meaning a majority of all the 3,215 ballots cast (even if the challenged ones were also counted) are “No” https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/... Steve Kovach / @stevekovach : Follow @annierpalmer for the latest on the Amazon union vote count so far. Amazon has a very wide lead 1,448 to 599 https://www.cnbc.com/... Jay Greene / @greene : Emails obtained through FOIA show Amazon pressed Postal Service for mailbox at Bessemer warehouse, a move the union fighting to represent warehouse workers believes violates labor law https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Brad Stone / @bradstone : Amazon currently lapping the union 2 to 1 in Bessemer. A legal battle will ensue if Amzn wins - did they bully workers into voting ‘no’? But the simplest explanation is that employees value their jobs and didn't see how the RWDSU would improve their lot. Erik Loomis / @erikloomis : Few things on the Amazon vote: 1) When was the last time (ever?) that the Times had a live vote counter on a union election? 2) Amazon is challenging hundreds of votes and so the final tally is likely to be much much closer than this https://www.nytimes.com/... @dandhnguyen01 : Ok folks. The NYT posted a live tally of the Alabama Amazon vote on unionization https://www.nytimes.com/... Ethan / @ethancharlatan : “With about half the ballots counted late Thursday, votes against unionization had a more than 2-to-1 advantage over those in favor. When the counting paused, there were 1,100 votes against unionization and 463 in support.” https://www.nytimes.com/... Jason Del Rey / @delrey : @danprimack Bloomberg Law article in October said turnout was 69% for private sector mail-in elections up to that point in 2020. But do wonder if high Amazon worker turnover plays a role Jos / @comradesanchez : God, how do you lose an election like this ... ? https://twitter.com/... Jason Koebler / @jason_koebler : NEW: NLRB is counting votes in Bessemer, Alabama Amazon union drive https://www.vice.com/... Matt Day / @mattmday : NLRB about to get started counting ballots in the Amazon union vote. Going over the rules and etc now. Amazon, RWDSU observers, and a whole lot of media and gawkers tuning in to one big Zoom call. Dave Lee / @daveleeft : Amazon union vote count is starting. Union needs majority of returned votes to win. Tie would go to Amazon. Brandon Magner / @brandonmagner : This election result is almost certainly getting set aside in the case of a union loss. https://twitter.com/... Kim Kelly / @grimkim : Update on that sketchy mailbox Amazon had installed in front of its Bessemer warehouse during the @BAmazonUnion mail-in election: https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
If you want to understand why the Amazon union vote in Bessemer is so important, and why the U.S. economy is so rigged in favor of the wealthy, so unequal, this one graph - that we aired on my @MSNBC show on Sunday night - should do the trick: https://twitter.com/...
The Amazon workers who voted for a union in Bessemer are already winners. This is just the first round. Amazon did things to intimidate & suppress the vote. The workers are filing complaints, & they will continue to stand up.
Amazon defeats union drive effort in Bessemer, Alabama (with shady & possibly illegal tactics). But I wouldn't bet on this being over, Bessemer workers have inspired the nation. https://twitter.com/...
The big takeaway from the Amazon loss should be that the playing field is tilted heavily against unions when facing anti-union employers. Amazon had access to its workers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, while U.S. law let Amazon bar union organizers from entering the warehouse htt…
Amazon broke many laws in their efforts to bust the union. There will be another election soon. The results today aren't the end of the fight. They're just the beginning. https://twitter.com/...
Big deal though employee issues will be on Amazon's front burner for a while: Workers at Amazon warehouse in Alabama reject unionization, a major win for the e-commerce giant https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Changing stoplights. Pressuring USPS to move mailboxes. Anti-union propaganda in bathrooms. Despite knowing the game is rigged, workers bravely challenged the richest man in the world. We must make it easier for us to join together in a union. #Amazon https://www.cnbc.com/...
Final tallies: 1,798 votes against unionizing 738 votes for unionizing 505 challenged ballots (not enough to impact final result) 76 voided ballots https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Bezos and Amazon will draw the wrong conclusion here, namely that being aggressive was “worth it” because it brought results. But this will not be the last time Amazon workers attempt to unionize, which should make the company rethink its approach. https://twitter.com/...
Workers Reject Unionization A massive, humiliating, bone-crushing, defeat in Amazon vote for the Biden Agenda and unions. Ironically, union officials are upset a mailbox was installed outside Bessemer facility. WTH I thought a lack of mailboxes for election ballots was racist
For labor, there's a silver lining if the union loses at Amazon—it's shining a spotlight on how tilted the playing field is against unions during organizing drives. That could build support for the PRO Act—the most pro-union piece of legislation in decades https://www.washingtonp…
I said before the vote counting started at Amazon it is close to impossible to win a union vote as long as companies can move heaven and earth to change the outcome. It is time to open our eyes and see that workers have almost no rights in this country. https://www.washingtonpost…
BREAKING: Amazon has secured the majority of votes (1,608) in the @BAmazonUnion. The NLRB has not declared the company victorious, and union has indicated that it will file objections to Amazon's conduct during the election. https://www.vice.com/...
“Our system is broken, Amazon took full advantage of that, and we will be calling on the labor board to hold Amazon accountable for its illegal and egregious behavior during the campaign” https://www.vice.com/...
BREAKING: Amazon has secured a majority of “no” votes in Bessemer, Alabama. The retail giant has defeated its workers' attempt to unionize. https://www.vice.com/...
The Labor Board has now counted over 1,608 “No” votes in the Amazon union election, meaning a majority of all the 3,215 ballots cast (even if the challenged ones were also counted) are “No” https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Emails obtained through FOIA show Amazon pressed Postal Service for mailbox at Bessemer warehouse, a move the union fighting to represent warehouse workers believes violates labor law https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Amazon currently lapping the union 2 to 1 in Bessemer. A legal battle will ensue if Amzn wins - did they bully workers into voting ‘no’? But the simplest explanation is that employees value their jobs and didn't see how the RWDSU would improve their lot.
Few things on the Amazon vote: 1) When was the last time (ever?) that the Times had a live vote counter on a union election? 2) Amazon is challenging hundreds of votes and so the final tally is likely to be much much closer than this https://www.nytimes.com/...
“With about half the ballots counted late Thursday, votes against unionization had a more than 2-to-1 advantage over those in favor. When the counting paused, there were 1,100 votes against unionization and 463 in support.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
@danprimack Bloomberg Law article in October said turnout was 69% for private sector mail-in elections up to that point in 2020. But do wonder if high Amazon worker turnover plays a role
NLRB about to get started counting ballots in the Amazon union vote. Going over the rules and etc now. Amazon, RWDSU observers, and a whole lot of media and gawkers tuning in to one big Zoom call.
Update on that sketchy mailbox Amazon had installed in front of its Bessemer warehouse during the @BAmazonUnion mail-in election: https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
“Emails among U.S. Postal Service employees in January and February show that Amazon pressed to install a mailbox outside its Bessemer, Ala., warehouse, revelations the union battling to organize workers there say violate labor laws.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @greene h…
After the NLRB denied Amazon's request for a dropbox on the warehouse property, Amazon went ahead and requested it anyway. “They did this because it provided a clear ability to intimidate workers” -@sappelbaum #UnionBustingIsDisgusting #BAmazonUnion https://www.washingtonpost.com…
Amazon told The Washington Post it wasn't their idea to put a mailbox outside the Bessemer warehouse to collect union ballots. New reporting shows Amazon lied. @NLRB denied their request for a mailbox, but they pressured USPS to install it anyway. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ …