Current Events > Labor board denies Amazon's request to delay Union vote in Alabama

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Amazon workers at a fulfillment center in Alabama will proceed with a vote to unionize next week after the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Friday denied Amazons request to delay the union election.

The NLRB denied Amazons motion to request a stay of the election after the company called for a review of the boards earlier decision and pushed for an in-person vote.

In a two-sentence order the NLRB denied Amazons request, stating it raises no substantial issues warranting review and calling the motion to stay the election moot.

Amazon had asked the board to review its case and argued the election should take place in person, although the NLRB has held the majority of its representation elections by mail since March due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Amazon spokesperson Owen Torres said the company proposed a safe on-site election process validated by COVID-19 experts and will continue to insist on measures for a fair election.

Our goal is for as many of our employees as possible to vote and were disappointed by the decision by the NLRB not to provide the most fair and effective format to achieve maximum employee participation, Torres said in a statement. Even the National Labor Relations Board recognizes that the employee participation rate for its own elections conducted with mail ballots is 20-30% lower than the participation rate for in-person voting.

As of November, when the NLRB established a set of standards for mail-in ballots during the coronavirus pandemic, the board said about 90 percent of representation elections have been conducted by mail since March.
Union election ballots will be mailed to workers starting Monday, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) said in a statement. The RWDSU is conducting the unionization drive for workers at the fulfillment center in Bessemer, Ala.

Once again Amazon workers have won another fight in their effort to win a union voice. Amazons blatant disregard for the health and safety of its own workforce was demonstrated yet again by its insistence for an in-person election in the middle of the pandemic, RWDSU president Stuart Appelbaum said in a statement.

Todays decision proves that its long past time that Amazon start respecting its own employees; and allow them to cast their votes without intimidation and interference, Appelbaum added.

Workers at the Alabama warehouses in November filed a petition to join the union.
If successful, it would establish the first labor union representation at an Amazon facility in the U.S.

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/537564-labor-board-denies-amazon-request-to-delay-alabama-union-vote

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Good

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Good.

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Pushed for in-person voting? Are they trying to host a super spreader event?

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I wonder what type of anti worker bs they'll pull when their workers vote to unionize.

Whatever they do, many people here will say "what did you expect" and have nothing to say about a major company openly gutting worker's rights.

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good, fuck amazon

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What union are they becoming part of? Teamsters I'd assume?

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Good fuck Amazon

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Amazon is a perfect example on why I support labor unions

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Jiek_Fafn posted...

What union are they becoming part of? Teamsters I'd assume?

RWDSU, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union

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I imagine this warehouse will be shut down the day before the vote is scheduled to take place.

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Fuck you Amazon, eat boogers.

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Soon:
"That distribution center had been planned for closure several months ago."

Cpt_Pineapple posted...

Looks like Amazon is pulling out of Alabama

The union will ensure all the employees are millionaires if they do so all is good

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Amazon is messed up, this like those Chinese sweatshops

totalnerdken posted...

I would prefer a more natural way of protecting people. Because having a 3rd party do it like this seems crude to me.

With that said, I can't think of a better solution, so until one can be thought of, I'm for this as well.

What could be more natural than workers joining together to safeguard their interests? If a business can form a cartel or a chamber of commerce or an industry lobby, workers joining together should be expected.

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I love Amazon. Top 5 sites I visit almost every day.
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totalnerdken posted...

Unions are run by a 3rd party. The members of the Union are from each respective business. But it's still run by a 3rd party.

It's a third party created by the workers. You don't have to have a third party union, you can make a union that just represents workers from one company but then you lose a chunk of your bargaining power.

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SocialistGamer posted...

Good

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bump

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