NLRB orders new representation vote at Amazon warehouse, union says

A brown Amazon warehouse with sign on front.

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ordered that workers at Amazon.com Inc.’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama be granted a second vote at union representation, according to the union that tried unsuccessfully to organize the workers in April.

In a statement on Monday, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) disclosed that an NLRB regional director formally directed a new election at Amazon’s Bessemer facility. The union, which is a party to the case, did not share a...

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Teamsters delegates approve declaration to organize Amazon

The Teamsters union has multiple divisions representing workers in the small package, freight, port and airline industries, among others. To those, a new division may eventually be added: Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN).

Teamsters delegates convening Thursday at the union’s two-day convention formally approved a two-page resolution called the “Amazon Project,” which will begin what appears to be the process of organizing the company’s logistics workers. Though his name does not appear in the...

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