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Amazon union loses election: Alabama warehouse workers reject historic organizing bid – Source CNET Tech

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Amazon fought fiercely against an organizing effort at an Alabama warehouse. 


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Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, voted no on certifying a union to represent them, rejecting the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. More than 3,200 workers cast ballots by mail in the historic vote on whether to form the first unionized Amazon facility in the US. While about 500 challenged ballots remain to be considered on Friday, more than 1,700 votes against had been counted, enough to defeat the union effort.

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