Thousands of Amazon warehouse workers will vote next month on whether to form the company's first U.S. union. This image shows the Amazon Fulfillment Center in Bessemer, Alabama on April 11, 2020.
Thousands of Amazon warehouse workers will vote next month on whether to form the company's first U.S. union. This image shows the Amazon Fulfillment Center in Bessemer, Alabama on April 11, 2020.
Thousands of Amazon warehouse workers at an Alabama facility will begin voting next month on whether to unionize their workplace, potentially paving the way for the first US-based union at the e-commerce giant.
The election will allow approximately 6,000 employees at the company's Bessemer, Alabama, facility to cast a vote by mail-in ballots beginning Feb. 8, according to a decision from the National Labor Relations Board posted on Friday.
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