Despite COVID-19, Amazon requests in-person unionizing vote for ‘valid, fair and successful election’
USA TODAY
by Josh Rivera
Jan. 24, 2021
Excerpt:
Amazon is asking the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to direct warehouse workers to cast unionizing votes in-person, rather than by mail.
The company filed a motion last Thursday to delay the union election at an Alabama facility.
The union election was set to begin on Feb. 8 by mail. The motion by Amazon intends to have the NLRB reconsider its decision on the method of voting and instead go for a one-day in-person event.
“We believe that the best approach to a valid, fair and successful election is one that is conducted manually, in-person, making it easy for associates to verify and cast their vote in close proximity to their workplace,” Amazon spokeswoman Heather Knox said in a statement to USA TODAY.
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Read more at: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2021/01/24/amazon-union-vote-in-person-covid-19/6693642002/
Original source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/22/amazon-union-vote-alabama/
Other sources: https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-presses-for-in-person-voting-for-unionization-election-in-the-midst-of-a-pandemic/