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During last year's high-profile union vote, an Amazon-branded tent cloaks a mailbox outside the company's warehouse in Bessemer, Ala. Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union hide caption

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Signs reading "vote" hang outside the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., in March as workers wrapped up their seven-week mail-in election on whether to unionize. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Amazon Warehouse Workers In Alabama May Get To Vote Again On Union

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How Amazon Defeated The Union

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Workers at Amazon's facility in Bessemer, Ala., held a historic vote on whether to form the company's first warehouse union. Bill Barrow/AP hide caption

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It's A No: Amazon Warehouse Workers Vote Against Unionizing In Historic Election

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A vote tally begins in a union election at Amazon's warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., pictured here on Feb. 6. Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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Historic Amazon Union Vote Count Begins This Week For Alabama Warehouse

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Representatives from the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union hold a pro-unionization sign outside Amazon's warehouse in Bessemer, Ala. Miranda Fulmore/WBHM hide caption

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For Amazon and Alabama, Warehouse Union Vote Would Shake Up History

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Workers at an Amazon fulfillment center on Staten Island in New York City and across the U.S. have not been unionized. That could change in Alabama. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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A worker pulls a pallet jack with plastic crates at an Amazon warehouse in Robbinsville, N.J. The company is facing its biggest labor battle yet with a unionization vote expected at a facility in Alabama. Bess Adler/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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Some workers at Amazon warehouses such as this one in the Staten Island borough of New York City have been trying to organize, facing stiff opposition from the company. Amazon workers in Alabama have now petitioned to form a union. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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