Employees at an Amazon warehouse in Garner, North Carolina voted towards unionizing in election outcomes introduced in the present day.
Based on Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity and Empowerment (CAUSE), the employee group in search of to type the union, 3,276 ballots were cast within the election, with 25.3% of votes in favor of unionizing and 74.7% towards. The outcomes nonetheless should be licensed by the Nationwide Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
In a statement provided to CNBC, CAUSE blamed the outcomes on “Amazon’s willingness to interrupt the regulation,” claiming, “Amazon’s relentless and unlawful efforts to intimidate us show that this firm is afraid of staff coming collectively to assert our energy.”
Amazon spokesperson Eileen Hards denied the corporate had damaged any legal guidelines and stated, “We’re glad that our staff in Garner was in a position to have their voices heard, and that they selected to maintain a direct relationship with Amazon.”
Employees at an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island voted to unionize in 2022, and staff at a Philadelphia location of Amazon-owned Complete Meals additionally voted in favor of unionization earlier this yr. The grocery chain has requested the NLRB to set those results aside.
In the meantime, Amazon’s legal professionals not too long ago joined SpaceX in a legal challenge to the NLRB’s structure.
