Union Girds for Another Round with Amazon
Amazon’s outrageous gaming of an already rigged system has set the stage for a new union election at the company’s Bessemer, Ala., fulfillment warehouse.
And this time, the head of the union fighting to organize those workers says things will be different — largely because the company and its founder Jeff Bezos have just gone too far.
“During the first vote, Amazon may have won the official vote, but they lost the public debate on the way they operate,” Stuart Appelbaum, president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) says.
Big employers, including Amazon, are charged with breaking existing labor law in 55.4% of union elections that the National Labor Relations Board oversees.
According to Appelbaum, Amazon pressured Bessemer employees to cast ballots early in the seven-week voting process stretching from Feb. 8, to March 29.
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