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In a stunning victory, Amazon workers on Staten Island vote for a union

Warehouse workers at an Amazon fulfillment center on Staten Island have voted to join the upstart Amazon Labor Union, making it the first Amazon facility in the U.S. to unionize.

April 01, 2022
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  • Andrea Hsu
The Amazon fulfillment warehouse at the center of a unionization drive in Bessemer, Alabama. A second union election at the warehouse has concluded, with no winner yet declared.

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Do-over union election at Amazon's Bessemer warehouse is too close to call

The no votes edged out the yes votes in the do-over election in Bessemer, Alabama, but more than 400 challenged ballots remain. A hearing will determine whether those ballots will be counted.

March 31, 2022
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
A retail union representative holds a sign by the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., during the first union election in March 2021.

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Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama vote for second time in union effort

Last year, Alabama workers voted against forming the first unionized Amazon warehouse in the U.S. Then, federal labor officials said Amazon unfairly influenced that election. Now, a re-vote begins.

February 04, 2022
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
During last year's high-profile union vote, an Amazon-branded tent cloaks a mailbox outside the company's warehouse in Bessemer, Ala.

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Why a mailbox continues to loom over Amazon union vote at Alabama warehouse

The mailbox was a key reason why labor officials ruled to re-do a union election at Amazon's Alabama warehouse. For the re-vote, the mailbox got moved. The union wants it gone.

January 26, 2022
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh and
  • Stephan Bisaha
The Amazon warehouse at the center of a high-profile unionization drive is seen on March 29 in Bessemer, Ala.

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Amazon warehouse workers get to re-do their union vote in Alabama

A federal labor official has ordered a revote in the biggest Amazon union election in the U.S. The agency found the company's anti-union tactics tainted the original vote that rejected unionizing.

November 30, 2021
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  • Alina Selyukh
Signs reading "vote" hang outside the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., in March as workers wrapped up their seven-week mail-in election on whether to unionize.

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Amazon Warehouse Workers In Alabama May Get To Vote Again On Union

A federal labor official found that Amazon's anti-union tactics may have tainted last spring's voting process sufficiently to scrap its results. Workers had rejected unionization more than 2-to-1.

August 03, 2021
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh and
  • Stephan Bisaha
Workers at Amazon's facility in Bessemer, Ala., held a historic vote on whether to form the company's first warehouse union.

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It's A No: Amazon Warehouse Workers Vote Against Unionizing In Historic Election

Amazon avoided the prospect of a first unionized warehouse in America, where it's now the second-largest private employer. The vote in Alabama had prompted new interest in unions across the country.

April 09, 2021
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  • Alina Selyukh
Vote tally is underway in a historic union election at Amazon's warehouse in Alabama.

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Amazon Union Election: 'No' Votes Outnumber 'Yes' Votes At End Of 1st Day Of Counting

Hand counting will continue on Friday. So far, more than two-thirds of the tallied votes are against unionizing.

April 08, 2021
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
A banner encourages workers to vote in a union election at Amazon's warehouse in Bessemer, Ala.

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Why Is The Amazon Union Vote Count Taking So Long?

It's a really large mail-in election. (Yes, this one, too.) The tally of yes and no votes has finally begun.

April 08, 2021
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
A vote tally begins in a union election at Amazon's warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., pictured here on Feb. 6.

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Historic Amazon Union Vote Count Begins This Week For Alabama Warehouse

The results will determine whether Amazon gets its first U.S. warehouse union. It's been dubbed one of the most consequential union elections in recent history.

March 30, 2021
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
Amazon workers in Alabama are voting on whether to join a union, in the company's first warehouse union vote since 2014.

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In Alabama, Workers At Amazon Warehouse Are Poised For Union Vote

Some 5,800 workers at the Bessemer facility will vote starting this week on joining the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, potentially making it Amazon's first union shop in the U.S.

February 07, 2021
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  • Jason Slotkin
Representatives from the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union hold a pro-unionization sign outside Amazon's warehouse in Bessemer, Ala.

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For Amazon and Alabama, Warehouse Union Vote Would Shake Up History

If workers from Amazon's warehouse near Birmingham vote to unionize in the next two months, they would turn a new page not only for the company but for the region.

January 29, 2021
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh and
  • Claire Miller

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