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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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13. Votes against Amazon union lead after first day of ballot counting

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Apr 8, 2021, 08:22 PM

Apr 2021

Votes against forming a union at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, lead by a more than 2-1 margin after the first day of counting ballots.

The National Labor Relations Board paused its public counting of Amazon employees' ballots shortly after 7 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday with the anti-union votes leading 1,100 to 463.

The NLRB plans to resume counting ballots again on Friday morning at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time.

While the remaining ballots are likely to be counted Friday, it could take the NLRB several weeks to announce the official outcome of the vote due to likely challenges from the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union - the labor group under which Amazon's Bessemer employees would unionize if the vote passes.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/votes-against-amazon-union-lead-after-first-day-of-ballot-counting/ar-BB1frVJj

If that's accurate the challenge may not matter.

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Amazon challenges hundreds of ballots in Alabama workers' union drive [View all] Omaha Steve Apr 2021 OP

Taking a page out of the conservative playbook? AllyCat Apr 2021 #1

The weird one is checking to see if they are eligible by their first day of work date jimfields33 Apr 2021 #2

My union requires you be a paying member for 6 month before you can vote. OneCrazyDiamond Apr 2021 #3

Ah. Thank you. jimfields33 Apr 2021 #5

How can you be a paying member in a non-union shop? PSPS Apr 2021 #7

Good point! FailureToCommunicate Apr 2021 #9

I don't work for Amazon, but here there is a probationary period. 6 months. OneCrazyDiamond Apr 2021 #10

Probationary period for what? I think you're thinking of something else. PSPS Apr 2021 #11

A 6 month probation period to vote on the Union Contract. OneCrazyDiamond Apr 2021 #15

Doesn't age well: OneCrazyDiamond Apr 2021 #4

I don't understand Amazon's problem here, they are unionized everywhere else on the planet. apnu Apr 2021 #6

How republican of them. Will they bring on giu911ni to litigate? PSPS Apr 2021 #8

So Bezos is fine with free elections unless it's for unionization in his company. Hummmm... rickyhall Apr 2021 #12

Votes against Amazon union lead after first day of ballot counting Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2021 #13

Looks like unionization failed, which is damn sad LymphocyteLover Apr 2021 #14