Washington Post: Labor board calls for re-vote at Amazon warehouse in Alabama in major victory for union
Berry Craig
By Jay Greene
A National Labor Relations Board regional director set a new election after a hearing officer found that Amazon improperly pressured workers at its Bessemer, Ala., warehouse to oppose unionizing in the first election.
SEATTLE — Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., are going to get a second shot at unionizing, after a National Labor Relations Board official called for a revote after finding that the e-commerce giant improperly interfered in the first election.NLRB spokeswoman Kayla Blado confirmed the agency called for a new vote, but did not immediately provide a copy of the ruling or details about when the vote would happen. The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, which is working to unionize the staff in Bessemer, said the agency has set the new election for next spring.
The do-over will bring the high-profile campaign back to the warehouse that opened in March 2020 as the RWDSU works to crack the United States’ second-largest private employer.