Turnout for Amazon.com Inc's repeat union vote in Alabama decreased from last year, a labor group said Wednesday, adding that it expects U.S. labor officials to begin tallying the result Thursday afternoon. About 39% of the 6,143 workers designated to receive mail ballots voted in the contest, according to the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU). The election could determine if Amazon's warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, becomes the company's first unionized worksite in the United States. Read More...
March 30 (Reuters) – Turnout for Amazon.com Inc’s repeat union vote in Alabama decreased from last year, a labor group said Wednesday, adding that it expects U.S. labor officials to begin tallying the result Thursday afternoon.
About 39% of the 6,143 workers designated to receive mail ballots voted in the contest, according to the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU). That’s down from over 50% last year. The election could determine if Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, becomes the company’s first unionized worksite in the United States. (Reporting by Jeffrey Dastin in Palo Alto, California; Editing by Leslie Adler)
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