Amazon workers in Albany vote against unionization

Employees astatine an Amazon warehouse adjacent Albany overwhelmingly rejected a unionization effort connected Tuesday, delivering a stroke to an upstart labour national seeking to signifier workers astatine the retail giant.

The tally was 206 votes successful favour of the national and 406 votes opposed. Four ballots were voided. The results of the predetermination inactive request to beryllium certified by the National Labor Relations Board.

The results people the latest setback for the Amazon Labor Union, a grassroots enactment of existent and erstwhile Amazon employees, which had a historical win successful April astatine a warehouse connected New York's Staten Island. The radical besides mislaid a ballot in May astatine a adjacent warehouse connected Staten Island.

Workers astatine the warehouse, known arsenic ALB1, hoped the national would assistance employees get higher wages. Amazon past period bumped up the starting wage astatine the installation to $17 an hour, up from $15.70, alongside pay increases for front-line workers crossed the country.

ALB1 organizers person besides raised concerns astir moving conditions, saying the accelerated gait of enactment has led to precocious wounded rates, and caused worker burnout.

Representatives from Amazon and the national didn't instantly respond to a petition for comment.

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