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In a stunning victory, Amazon workers on Staten Island vote for a union

Staten Island based Amazon.com Inc distribution center union members celebrate after getting the voting results to unionize on Friday, April 1, 2022 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Eduardo Munoz Avarez/AP hide caption

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In a stunning victory, Amazon workers on Staten Island vote for a union

Warehouse workers at an Amazon fulfillment center on Staten Island have voted to join the upstart Amazon Labor Union, making it the first Amazon facility in the U.S. to unionize.

Do-over union election at Amazon's Bessemer warehouse is too close to call

The Amazon fulfillment warehouse at the center of a unionization drive in Bessemer, Alabama. A second union election at the warehouse has concluded, with no winner yet declared. Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images hide caption

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Do-over union election at Amazon's Bessemer warehouse is too close to call

The no votes edged out the yes votes in the do-over election in Bessemer, Alabama, but more than 400 challenged ballots remain. A hearing will determine whether those ballots will be counted.

Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama vote for second time in union effort

A retail union representative holds a sign by the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., during the first union election in March 2021. Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images hide caption

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Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama vote for second time in union effort

Last year, Alabama workers voted against forming the first unionized Amazon warehouse in the U.S. Then, federal labor officials said Amazon unfairly influenced that election. Now, a re-vote begins.

Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama vote for second time in union effort

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Why a mailbox continues to loom over Amazon union vote at Alabama warehouse

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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Why a mailbox continues to loom over Amazon union vote at Alabama warehouse

The mailbox was a key reason why labor officials ruled to re-do a union election at Amazon's Alabama warehouse. For the re-vote, the mailbox got moved. The union wants it gone.

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

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

A federal labor official found that Amazon's anti-union tactics may have tainted last spring's voting process sufficiently to scrap its results. Workers had rejected unionization more than 2-to-1.

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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How Amazon Defeated The Union

The results are in: Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama will not unionize, for now. We discuss the tactics companies use to keep organized labor at bay.

How Amazon Defeated The Union

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

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

Amazon avoided the prospect of a first unionized warehouse in America, where it's now the second-largest private employer. The vote in Alabama had prompted new interest in unions across the country.

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

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Historic Amazon Union Vote Count Begins This Week For Alabama Warehouse

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

The results will determine whether Amazon gets its first U.S. warehouse union. It's been dubbed one of the most consequential union elections in recent history.

Historic Amazon Union Vote Count Begins This Week For Alabama Warehouse

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In Alabama, Workers At Amazon Warehouse Are Poised For Union Vote

Amazon workers in Alabama are voting on whether to join a union, in the company's first warehouse union vote since 2014. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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In Alabama, Workers At Amazon Warehouse Are Poised For Union Vote

Some 5,800 workers at the Bessemer facility will vote starting this week on joining the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, potentially making it Amazon's first union shop in the U.S.

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

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

If workers from Amazon's warehouse near Birmingham vote to unionize in the next two months, they would turn a new page not only for the company but for the region.

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

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