In what some call a big test of the U.S. labor movement, Amazon's warehouse workers in Alabama are deciding whether they want to form a union. The company has made its position on this issue abundantly clear, putting forth union-busting efforts to sway votes. Workers started casting their ballots on Feb. 8 and can do so until March 29. Learn more on why workers are petitioning for a union and the impact it could have on one of the world's biggest tech companies.
Darryl Richardson was delighted when he landed a job as a “picker” at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama. “I thought, ‘Wow, I’m going to work for Amazon, work for the richest man around,” he said. “I thought it would be a nice facility that would treat you right.” Richardson, a sturdily built …
Through March 30, almost 6,000 Amazon workers are voting on a potentially groundbreaking decision: whether to form the company's first unionized warehouse in America. It's the first unionization vote in years at a company that's ballooned into the country's second largest private employer and one …
This is bigger than just one warehouse, or one company. This story was published as part of Teen Vogue’s 2021 Economic Security Project fellowship. With the obvious limitations of in-person shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic, Amazon recommendation lists are everywhere. “Favorite Amazon Purchases” …
Employees are being offered thousands of dollars to leave and never work for Amazon again, weeks before a historic union election. An annual program in which Amazon offers to pay workers at least $1,000 to quit their jobs could threaten a unionization drive in Bessemer, Alabama. On Sunday, there were …
Union organizers say Amazon is offering workers a bonus to quit their jobs ahead of the deadline for a union vote at the company’s Bessemer …
"These ads should never have been allowed to run on our service," Twitch said. On the Clock On the Clock is Motherboard's reporting on the organized labor movement, gig work, automation, and the future of work. See More → Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama are voting on unionization and …
Progressives want to hear Biden declare his support for one of the most significant organizing campaigns in years. President Joe Biden considers himself a union man “from belt buckle to shoe sole,” as he likes to say. In his campaign talks and policy proposals, Biden has made clear he believes all …
Amazon on Friday lost its push to postpone a closely watched union vote at a sprawling Alabama warehouse, allowing 6,000 workers to decide the first …
The election is set to begin on February 8th The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has denied a set of motions from Amazon that sought to delay a union election at a company warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama. Employees at the warehouse are set to begin voting on whether to join the Retail, …
The head of the Center for Independent Employees is paid $3,200 per day to thwart what could become Amazon's first unionized facility in the …
Throughout Amazon's 25-year history, there have been multiple rumblings of workers trying to unionize, but to no success. With record-breaking sales …
Amazon.com Inc. workers at an Alabama warehouse will vote by mail in February and March on whether to form a union, the National Labor Relations Board said, setting a date for a closely watched referendum on the relationship between the largest online retailer and the employees who pack and ship …
