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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has denied a set of motions from Amazon that sought to delay a union election at a company warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama. Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.
An Amazon warehouse in Alabama could become the first to unionize in the US For the next seven weeks, employees at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama will vote on whether to become the first of the company’s US employees to unionize. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Meanwhile, COVID cases in the South were spiking. (A
An initial assessment from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has recommended workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama hold a new election to determine whether to unionize with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU). Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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. Reached for comment, Amazon emphasized recent improvements in pay and safety for workers in its fulfillment centers.
The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (or RWDSU) has filed objections against Amazon to the National Labor Relations Board, saying that the company has again interfered with its election in Bessemer, Alabama ( via CNBC ). Amazon did not immediately reply to The Verge ’s request for comment.
Amazon has reached a nationwide settlement for six National Labor Relations Board cases, agreeing to notify workers of their rights and let workers organize on company property outside of their shift time. Amazon didn’t immediately respond to The Verge’s request for comment on the settlement. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.
The National Labor Relations Board is preparing to issue a complaint against Amazon alleging the company illegally fired a worker at one of its New York warehouses, unless the company settles the case first. Amazon didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment from The Verge.
The second union election at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama will begin on February 4th, according to a notice posted Tuesday by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which you can read below. Amazon didn’t immediately reply to The Verge ’s request for comment. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.
Amazon presents a massive threat to working-class communities and good jobs in the logistics industry,” said Randy Korgan, national director of the Amazon Project, in a statement. We’ve been working on this for quite some time—well before Bessemer broke out,” he said, referring to the recent union drive at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama.
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Amazon employees at the Staten Island LDJ5 warehouse have reportedly gotten the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) permission to continue with unionization efforts, according to the Amazon Labor Union , after the workers filed a petition to unionize in February. Two other Amazon warehouses are involved in union elections.
Amazon has officially filed its objections to the Amazon Labor Union’s win in Staten Island , New York, and is asking the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to order a new election. The Amazon Labor Union didn’t immediately reply to The Verge ’s request for comment. It’s asking the election results be overturned.
Amazon workers claim they weren’t all properly alerted as what they thought was smoke filled the third floor at a Bessemer, Alabama warehouse on Friday, according to a report from the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) (via Input ). Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.
The effort comes on the heels of a bitter defeat for Amazon organizers in Alabama. The Amazon Labor Union isn’t affiliated with a national group like the RWDSU, which could complicate the high-stakes unionizing effort. Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Verge. We’re all in this together.”.
Amazon has settled a dispute with two workers that the National Labor Relations Board said were fired for their activism. Amazon did not immediately respond to request for comment, but told CNBC that it and the employees had “reached a mutual agreement that resolves the legal issues in this case and welcome the resolution of this matter.”
The all-hands came after weeks of news stories about ongoing union elections at its fulfillment centers in Bessemer, Alabama (where the results are currently being disputed ), and Staten Island, New York (where employees voted to unionize one facility and another election is scheduled for next week.). “We
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