{"id":424499,"date":"2022-03-31T18:29:36","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T15:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/fewer-amazon-employees-vote-in-latest-union-drive-in-alabama\/"},"modified":"2022-03-31T18:29:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T15:29:36","slug":"fewer-amazon-employees-vote-in-latest-union-drive-in-alabama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/fewer-amazon-employees-vote-in-latest-union-drive-in-alabama\/","title":{"rendered":"#Fewer Amazon employees vote in latest union drive in Alabama"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a413c8aaeba6\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a413c8aaeba6\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/fewer-amazon-employees-vote-in-latest-union-drive-in-alabama\/#%E2%80%9CFewer_Amazon_employees_vote_in_latest_union_drive_in_Alabama%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Fewer Amazon employees vote in latest union drive in Alabama&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CFewer_Amazon_employees_vote_in_latest_union_drive_in_Alabama%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Fewer Amazon employees vote in latest union drive in Alabama&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Fewer Amazon workers voted this year in a closely watched union election that recently wr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed up in Bessemer, Ala.<\/p>\n<p>Out of 6,143 eligible voters, just 39% \u2014 or 2,375 \u2014 cast a ballot on whether to be represented by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. <\/p>\n<p>Last year at this time, when the first vote took place, 3,041 voters out of 5,876 voters \u2014 or 55% \u2014 cast a ballot on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>The public portion of the tallying of the votes will begin today by the National Labor Relations Board, which ordered the second vote after it determined that Amazon interfered with the first election. <\/p>\n<p>Amazon won that election with 1,798 votes cast against the union and 738 for it.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon has pulled out all the stops this year to discourage its employees from joining the union. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/amazon-31-rwdsu-sign.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"RWDSU supporters standing on the street holding signs.\" class=\"wp-image-21729142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/amazon-31-rwdsu-sign.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/amazon-31-rwdsu-sign.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/amazon-31-rwdsu-sign.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>RWDSU lost an election at the Alabama facility last year.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It plastered posters all over the facility, sent letters to workers\u2019 homes and called them on the phone.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, another labor drive is taking place on Staten Island and two Amazon warehouses that just ended the voting process. <\/p>\n<p>The Amazon Labor Union is an independent organization started by a former employee, Chris Smalls, who was fired by Amazon at that facility in 2020 for allegedly violating the company\u2019s COVID-19 policies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Amazon workers are not represented by any labor union in the United States.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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