{"id":314474,"date":"2021-08-03T14:25:27","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T11:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/labor-official-calls-for-new-vote-in-amazon-union-election\/"},"modified":"2021-08-03T14:25:27","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T11:25:27","slug":"labor-official-calls-for-new-vote-in-amazon-union-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/labor-official-calls-for-new-vote-in-amazon-union-election\/","title":{"rendered":"#Labor official calls for new vote in Amazon union election"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Labor official calls for new vote in Amazon union election<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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A federal labor official has recommended scrapp<\/a>ing the results of an April vote against unionizing at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama and holding a new vote in its place, according to the union involved in the matter.<\/p>\n

The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union said that the hearing officer for the National Labor Relations Board determined that Amazon violated labor law in the April election, which saw workers reject the plan to unionize.<\/p>\n

The NLRB did not immedia<\/a>tely return The Post\u2019s request for a copy of the hearing officer\u2019s recommendation.<\/p>\n

The union accused Amazon of waging \u201can intensive anti-union campaign\u201d and said the e-commerce behemoth was \u201cwilling to use any and all tactics, illegal or otherwise, to stop workers from forming a union.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe question of whether or not to have a union is supposed to be the workers\u2019 decision and not the employer\u2019s,\u201d RWDSU President Stuart Appelbaum said in a statement. \u201cAmazon\u2019s behavior throughout the election process was despicable. Amazon cheated, they got caught, and they are being held accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n

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An Amazon spokesperson said \u201c[our employees] voted overwhelmingly in favor of a direct connection with their managers and the company.\u201d<\/figcaption>
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The recommendation by the NLRB\u2019s hearing officer is a key step toward potentially overturning the results of the April election. <\/p>\n

The NLRB\u2019s regional director will now review the evidence and could order a do-over of the election if the hearing officer\u2019s recommendation is adopted. <\/p>\n

In a statement, an Amazon spokesperson said \u201cour employees had a chance to be heard during a noisy time when all types of voices were weighing into the national debate, and at the end of the day, they voted overwhelmingly in favor of a direct connection with their managers and the company.\u201d <\/p>\n

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The National Labor Relations Board determined Amazon received 1,798 votes to not unionize.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cTheir voice should be heard above all else, and we plan to appeal to ensure that happens,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n

The April election, which caught national attention as it presented a potential foothold into one of the nation\u2019s largest employers for labor organizers, saw Amazon handily defeat the unionization effort. <\/p>\n

Only about 55 percent of the 6,000 employees at the warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., voted in the election, according to the NLRB, dealing a crushing blow to the union that had previously claimed it had secured 5,800 supporters.<\/p>\n

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Only about 55 percent of the 6,000 employees at the warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama voted in the election.<\/figcaption>
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Amazon needed just 1,608 votes, or a little more than half of the ballots cast, to defeat the union drive. It received 1,798,\u00a0according to the National Labor Relations Board<\/a>, which counted the votes.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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