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Tue Oct 18, 2022, 01:08 PM Oct 2022

Amazon workers in Albany, New York, vote against unionization

Employees at an Amazon warehouse near Albany overwhelmingly rejected a unionization effort on Tuesday, delivering a blow to an upstart labor union seeking to organize workers at the retail giant.

The tally was 206 votes in favor of the union and 406 votes opposed. Officials said 949 workers at the ALB1 warehouse were eligible to vote on whether they should become part of the Amazon Labor Union. Four ballots were voided. The results of the election still need to be certified by the National Labor Relations Board.

The results mark the latest setback for the Amazon Labor Union, a grassroots organization of current and former Amazon employees, which had a historic win in April at the JFK8 warehouse on New York’s Staten Island. The group also lost a vote in May at a nearby warehouse on Staten Island.

Chris Smalls, president of ALU, said in a statement that the voting process “wasn’t free and fair,” suggesting the union may seek to challenge the election results. Lawyers for the ALU have already filed 27 unfair labor practice charges against the company with the National Labor Relations Board.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/amazon-workers-in-albany-new-york-vote-against-unionization/ar-AA136x8c

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Amazon workers in Albany, New York, vote against unionization (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2022 OP
Frightening that this many people are this brainwashed into their own destruction. Eliot Rosewater Oct 2022 #1
Aren't they always complaining about overwork and no bathroom brearks? brush Oct 2022 #2
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