New vote recommended in US Amazon union election


Senator Bernie Sanders (right) and rapper ‘Killer Mike’ Render (left) make an appearance at the ultimately unsuccessful unionisation drive of nearly 6,000 Amazon workers, outside the e-commerce giant’s warehouse in Birmingham, Alabama, USA, on March 26, 2021. – EPA pic, August 3, 2021.

A US labour official has recommended the results be nullified in a failed vote to unionise Amazon workers at an Alabama warehouse, the union in the effort said yesterday, opening a possible path to a new election.

The recommendation by a hearing officer is a key step in potentially overturning the April ballot, which aimed to create the first union at a US-based Amazon facility but which the union alleges was tainted by the company’s interference.


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