CBS News reports:
Amazon has beaten back a historic effort by workers to form a collective bargaining unit in a warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, with about two-thirds of ballots cast in the union election voting against joining the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, according to a tally by the National Labor Relations Board.
The final tally showed 1,798 votes against and 738 in favor, with about 55% of the 5,867 eligible workers casting a ballot. Another 76 ballots were voided and 505 were challenged. The challenged ballots were not counted or opened, since they would not have changed the outcome.
Read the full article. Right wingers are celebrating on Twitter.
BREAKING: A historic effort to form the first-ever union at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama was resoundingly defeated.
Final tally
Yes: 738
No: 1,798The union vowed to challenge the results and accused Amazon of illegal interference.
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— Musadiq Bidar (@Bidar411) April 9, 2021
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