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An NLRB judge ruled Amazon violated the law by confiscating union materials, surveilling employees, and threatening plant closure.
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Amazon stories
State
Workers at the Bessemer facility appear to have voted against joining a union, but by a margin so small that challenged ballots could change...
State
Officials and employees at the Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer allege workers were kept at their stations after smoke clouded several floors of the...
State
A survey of Jefferson County residents shows nearly two-thirds of respondents support the unionization efforts at Amazon's fulfillment center in Bessemer.
State
The ballots for the second union elections, which were sent out beginning Feb, 4, are scheduled to be counted starting March 28.
Opinion
Workers have the right to join a union. But when they decline to do so, government’s job shouldn’t be to disregard that decision.
State
The union election is being rerun because a federal ruling found that Amazon’s misconduct tainted the outcome of the first election.
State
The charges allege the company violated their settlement agreement with workers at the Bessemer fulfillment center.
State
The NLRB said election ballots will be mailed to employees at the Amazon Fulfillment center beginning Feb. 4.
Economy
The date for the second union election at the Bessemer fulfillment center has yet to be decided.