Twice over the last year, workers at the fulfillment center have voted on whether they will be represented by the union, with Amazon winning both counts.
Members of the union organizing committee for the Bessemer Amazon fulfillment center spoke to the AFL-CIO convention in Philadelphia, Penn. Monday, June 12, 2022. Workers organizing for a union at Amazon’s Bessemer fulfillment center received a standing ovation this morning before the AFL-CIO Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.
In a five-minute segment before the convention, workers Isaiah Thomas, Clint Shiflett, Kenneth Carter and organizer Adam Obernauer appeared, talking about efforts to organize for the Retail, Wholesale & Department Store Union . Obernauer told the crowd that the RWDSU and affiliated labor unions had more than 100 organizers on the ground, representing more than 20 unions, prior to the second union vote in March at the center.
Twice over the last year, workers at the fulfillment center have voted on whether they will be represented by the union, with Amazon winning both counts, most recently in March. In April,saying the National Labor Relations Board should set aside the results and arguing that Amazon interfered with the ability to conduct a “free and fair election.” The second election occurred after the NLRB set aside the results of the first one in 2021.
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