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well shit
Fear of reprisal, Amazon spent a lot to quash the movement, lack of union benefits education, anti labor state, everything kinda stacked against it.
Or a majority of the workers simply believe the cost of a union exceeds its benefit.
The stuff coming out about conditions at the Frito Lay facility is absolutely horrifying.
Don't forget - "TheY could jUst Go WORk sOmEWhErE else"
An initial assessment from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has recommended workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama hold a new election to determine whether to unionize with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU). The recommendation comes from the hearing officer assigned to the case and is only a preliminary ruling, but still hands the union a surprising win in a fight that many in the labor movement had considered lost.
In April, workers at Amazon’s fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama voted not to unionize by a margin of more than 2-to-1. But in the aftermath of the result, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) alleged that Amazon had illegally influenced the drive and petitioned the NLRB to invalidate the result. In particular, the RWDSU raised questions around a USPS mailbox installed in the fulfillment center parking lot during the drive. The union alleged it gave some workers the impression that Amazon had improper access to mailed ballots.