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Amazon workers in a huge warehouse in Alabama voted firmly against the formation of a union on Friday, suppressing the most significant labor force in the history of the internet giant.Workers cast 1,798 votes against a union, which gave…

Here’s what you need to know:The ballots in the union drive at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., are expected to be counted by hand starting either Thursday afternoon or Friday morning.Credit...Charity Rachelle for The New York…

The union, which plans to represent workers at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama, announced late Wednesday that 3,215 ballots had been cast - or about 55 percent of the roughly 5,800 workers eligible to vote.Ballot papers are expected to be…

People protest in Los Angeles, California on March 22, 2021 to support workers' union efforts in the Alabama Amazon.Lucy Nicholson | ReutersAccording to the retail, wholesale and department store union, more than 3,200 ballots were cast in…

This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it on weekdays.The outcome of a vote to form a union at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., Depends heavily on it.My colleague Karen Weise described it as…

Rally organized by the Workers' Assembly Against Racism in support of workers in the Amazon camp in Bessemer, Alabama, to unionize rights in Union Square across from Amazon's Whole Foods Market.Lev Radin | LightRocket | Getty ImagesThe…

Here’s what you need to know:The Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala.Credit...Charity Rachelle for The New York TimesThe counting of votes that will determine whether to a union can form at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., begins…

WASHINGTON - Amazon is connected to the Biden administration on several fronts.It supports a minimum wage of $ 15 an hour. It is committed to achieving all of the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement to reduce emissions. It met with the…

United States President Joe Biden holds a statement before signing an ordinance to remedy a global shortage of semiconductor chips in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on February 24, 2021.Jonathan Ernst |…

Peter Endig | AFP | Getty ImagesAmazon on Friday lost its urge to postpone a closely watched union vote in a sprawling warehouse in Alabama, allowing 6,000 workers to decide on the company's first major union effort since 2014.The…