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08 April 2021 The voting operations of the workers of the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, to decide whether to join a union, a very rare event in the United States and completely unprecedented for the employees of the Seattle giant.
According to initial reports, voter turnout was around 55% of eligible voters and voting, which takes place in public, is expected to start as early as Thursday afternoon, informs the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (Rwdsu ) in a note.
But Amazon has already contested hundreds of ballots, according to reports released by Fox News.
And the same Rwdsu, to which the employees intend to join, confirmed in a statement that "hundreds of ballots have been disputed mainly by the employer" and that the matter will be addressed after the public count.
The ballots can be challenged by the union, Amazon, or the National Labor Relations Board if it is believed that there has been tampering, fraud, or originating from an unsuitable worker.
More than 3,200 cards, sent by post, (out of a total of more than 5,800 Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer) were delivered to the National Labor Relations Board of the United States, the federal agency for safeguarding employee rights and trade union representation. for the signing of contracts.