Union demands investigation as Alabama vote appears to be won by Amazon

By Zach Halaschak

Published April 9, 2021 3:57pm ET

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Union demands investigation as Alabama vote appears to be won by Amazon — A banner encouraging workers to vote in labor balloting is shown at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. Organizers are pushing for some 6,000 Amazon workers to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union on the promise it will lead to better working conditions, better pay and more respect. Amazon is pushing back, arguing that it already offers more than twice the minimum wage in Alabama and workers get such benefits as health care, vision and dental insurance without paying union dues. | (Jay Reeves/AP)

A union working to organize an Amazon facility in Alabama is accusing the company of “illegal conduct” during a vote that the union lost.

The Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union announced on Friday that it is lodging objections and unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board against the retail giant. The vote in question was a lengthy one in which workers at an Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama, decided whether to join the union.

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