Alabama Campaign Contest 
The Verge
APRIL 9, 2021
Amazon employees at a Bessemer, Alabama warehouse have voted against unionizing the facility’s roughly 5,800-person workforce. The eligibility for 505 ballots was contested, mostly by Amazon; because more than half the total votes opposed unionization, these challenged ballots were not opened. Photo by PATRICK T. Our system is broken”.
The Verge
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ordered a new election at Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama site, a tentative victory for organizers who had sought to unionize workers at the company’s fulfillment locations. On June 24th, the Teamsters announced a nationwide campaign to organize Amazon’s sprawling workforce. Photo by PATRICK T.
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The Verge
MAY 7, 2021
A new phase of the historic union vote by Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama begins today. The news kicks off with an appeals hearing where the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) will contest the results of the election. But experts say the election was always going to be hotly contested.
The Verge
MAY 21, 2021
For months during the union drive, Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, felt like they were being watched. Managers came up to peoples’ workstations to ask how they felt about the organizing campaign. There were cameras around BHM1, the 855,000-square-foot warehouse where workers sorted, scanned, and packed boxes.
Fast Company Tech
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
What he didnt expect was that the campaign would transform from a marathon into a race without a finish line. Wilcox has since filed a lawsuit contesting her firing, arguing that it violated some of the very labor laws she previously enforced.)
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