Amazon takes another swipe at union as Alabama rematch looms

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Amazon has ramped up its campaign at one of its Alabama warehouses as the prospect of another union vote looms.

Amazon handily defeated a historic union drive at a warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, earlier this year.In this article

It is an indication that Amazon is sticking to its aggressive playbook. In August, a U.S. National Labor Relations Board hearing officer said the company's conduct around the previous vote interfered with the Bessemer union election. An NLRB regional director's decision on whether to order a new vote is forthcoming. Amazon has denied wrongdoing and said it wanted employees' voices to be heard.

Other prominent unions like the International Brotherhood of Teamsters are also vowing to organize Amazon. The risk: unions could alter how Amazon manages its vast, finely tuned operation and drive up costs at a time when a labor shortage is taking a toll on its profit."They really, really fear any toe in the door to unionization," Liebman said. "There's nothing like a win, and a win can be contagious.

And like last time, Amazon has said unions are a business taking workers' money and told staff to consider what it can guarantee and what unions cannot - now in panels in bathroom stalls and above urinals. The panels carry information unrelated to unions as well. Stuart Appelbaum, the RWDSU's president, said the union has heard from employees who now would change their vote to join. He said he believes door-knocking gives the union a new edge.

 

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