Amazon warehouse workers in Garner, North Carolina, voted against the unionization of the results of the elections announced today.
According to Carolina Amazonians United for solidarity and empowerment (cause), the group of workers seeking to form the union, 3,276 voting bulletins were deposited In the elections, with 25.3% of the votes in favor of unionization and 74.7% against. The results must still be certified by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
In A declaration provided to CNBCCause blamed the results of “Amazon’s will to violate the law”, claiming: “The incessant and illegal efforts of Amazon to intimidate us prove that this company is afraid that the workers will meet to claim our power.”
Amazon spokesperson Eileen Hards denied that the company had violated all the laws and said: “We are happy that our Garner team could hear the voice and that they have chosen to maintain a direct relationship with Amazon. “
The workers of an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island voted to unionize in 2022, and the workers of a location of Philadelphia of Whole Foods, belonging to Amazon, also voted in favor of unionization earlier this year. The grocery chain asked the NLRB of Put these results aside.
Meanwhile, Amazon lawyers recently Joined SpaceX in a legal challenge to the structure of the NLRB.
