Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama refused to create what would have been the first union of the company’s employees in the United States, according to the number of public votes this Friday, in which “no” prevailed over “yes” by the vast majority. .
Thus, of the 3,215 votes cast and 71% counted, those who oppose the union already exceed more than half, 1,798.
Meanwhile, the Union’s supporters got only 738 supporters, less than half of the opponents.
The final results have not yet been certified by the US National Council on Labor Relations and trade unionists still have the option of fighting a legal battle if he considers that there have been irregularities in the process.
The examination began on Thursday, after practically two whole weeks of discussions between the company and union members about the validity of each vote in a process that was done manually behind closed doors and voting by vote.
According to union representitives, Amazon rejected several hundred votes.
For what could have been a pioneer, the vote was widely watched across the countryAnd even US President Democrat Joe Biden alluded implicitly to the case when he made a fierce public defense of unions and the right to organize in early March.
The company run by Jeff Bezos, the richest man in the world according to Forbes, is the second largest employer in the United States, just behind the Walmart hypermarket chain and, since the beginning of the pandemic, has risen both its business and its profits and employed tens of thousands of new workers.
In any case, the company has no workers’ union in the country and is known for its strong opposition to the organizational efforts of its employees, which it has shown several times during this campaign in the Alabama warehouse.