While Amazon respects the right of workers to form unions, the world’s top e-commerce giant has always opposed union formation in various campaigns and staff meetings. It was quite awkward about the election held on whether to form a union or not. However, preliminary results have been in favor of Amazon or against forming a union.
In a vote in Bessemer, Alabama, a majority of workers voted against union formation. A total of 3,215 votes were cast against the formation of unions in a vote held at a warehouse of 5,800 workers.
But the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Warehouse Union (RWDSU) has complained that Amazon has institutionally tried to cancel the union. The union objected with about five hundred votes. Even if these 500 votes are canceled, the election results will be in favor of Amazon. As a result, the union is not being formed.
Amazon has not always been in favor of trade unions. The company has been accused of hiring experienced investigators at a cost of millions of dollars. The e-commerce giant has even been accused of threatening to fire him if he joins the union, including the cancellation of various benefits.
