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Amazon’s repeat union election in Alabama saw smaller turnout -labor group -Breaking

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© Reuters. Workers line up in order to cast their ballots at the Amazon JFK8 distribution facility in Staten Island, New York City. March 25, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid.

(Reuters) – Turnout in Alabama’s Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:) repeat union vote was lower than last year. A labor group stated Wednesday that the turnout has decreased and it expected U.S. labor officials will begin counting the results Thursday afternoon.

According to the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, 39% of 6,143 employees who were eligible to vote by mail, voted for the contest. This is a decrease of over half the workers who received mail ballots last year. This election may determine whether Amazon’s Bessemer warehouse, Alabama becomes its first unionized workplace in the United States.

Workers rejected the RWDSU in 2021 by more than 2-to-1 margin. After discovering that Amazon interfered with the voting, the U.S. National Labor Relations Board called for a rerun.

The goal of the U.S. labor union to unite Amazon, America’s second largest private employer has been an objective for many years. This is in response to long-standing declines. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, union membership has fallen from 20% in 1983 to 10% in 2021.

Amazon and NLRB declined to comment immediately.

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