Amazon.com Inc on Friday called for an election re-run after workers at a New York City warehouse voted to create the company's first US&nbsp;union, saying that the US&nbsp;labor board and worker-organizers suppressed turnout.

The&nbsp;Amazon&nbsp;Labor Union (ALU) rejected the allegations made by the online retailer that is the second-largest US&nbsp;private employer.

Amazon&nbsp;made its demand a week after the landmark victory for organized labor, which for years has sought to offer protections to workers at the company. Some 55 per cent of employees who voted from&nbsp;Amazon's JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island opted to join the ALU, which has argued for higher pay and job security. Turnout was about 58 per cent.

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Amazon&nbsp;spokesperson Kelly Nantel said in a statement: "We want our employees to have their voices heard, and in this case, that didn't happen - fewer than a third of the employees at the site voted for the union."

Amazon&nbsp;also accused the ALU of intimidating workers and distributing marijuana to gain votes in its favor, according to a company filing on Friday.

Derrick Palmer, vice president of the ALU, said&nbsp;Amazon&nbsp;is trying to "demean our character and undermine our efforts."

The US&nbsp;National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) now must process&nbsp;Amazon's objections before certifying the election result. The timing for this was not immediately clear.

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In its filing,&nbsp;Amazon&nbsp;said the NLRB improperly helped the ALU gain standing to hold an election and created the impression that it supported the union.&nbsp;Amazon&nbsp;also accused the NLRB of hampering turnout through mismanagement in the polling area and by allowing camera crews on site that scared away voters.

An NLRB spokesperson declined to comment on these objections but the board has said previously that it is independent and that its enforcement actions against&nbsp;Amazon&nbsp;have been consistent with its congressional mandate.

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The ALU pushed back against&nbsp;Amazon's claims, saying the company did not contest low turnout in a prior union election in Alabama in which workers voted against organizing. The ALU said it was&nbsp;Amazon&nbsp;that had intimidated workers, and the union has filed dozens of unfair labor practice charges against the company.

Amazon.com Inc on Friday called for an election re-run after workers at a New York City warehouse voted to create the company's first US union, saying that the US labor board and worker-organizers suppressed turnout.

Amazon.com Inc on Friday called for an election re-run after workers at a New York City warehouse voted to create the company's first US union, saying that the US labor board and worker-organizers suppressed turnout. The Amazon Labor Union (ALU) rejected the allegations made by the online retailer that is the second-largest US private employer. Amazon made its demand a week after the landmark victory for organized labor, which for years has sought to offer protections to workers at the company. Some 55 per cent of employees who voted from Amazon's JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island opted to join the ALU, which has argued for higher pay and job security. Turnout was about 58 per cent. Also read | Amazon workers who won a union their way open labour leaders’ eyes Amazon spokesperson Kelly Nantel said in a statement: "We want our employees to have their voices heard, and in this case, that didn't happen - fewer than a third of the employees at the site voted for the union." Amazon also accused the ALU of intimidating workers and distributing marijuana to gain votes in its favor, according to a company filing on Friday. Derrick Palmer, vice president of the ALU, said Amazon is trying to "demean our character and undermine our efforts." The US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) now must process Amazon's objections before certifying the election result. The timing for this was not immediately clear. Watch | Amazon: Workers threatened to unionise In its filing, Amazon said the NLRB improperly helped the ALU gain standing to hold an election and created the impression that it supported the union. Amazon also accused the NLRB of hampering turnout through mismanagement in the polling area and by allowing camera crews on site that scared away voters. An NLRB spokesperson declined to comment on these objections but the board has said previously that it is independent and that its enforcement actions against Amazon have been consistent with its congressional mandate. Also read | Amazon's New York facility becomes its first in US to organise a union The ALU pushed back against Amazon's claims, saying the company did not contest low turnout in a prior union election in Alabama in which workers voted against organizing. The ALU said it was Amazon that had intimidated workers, and the union has filed dozens of unfair labor practice charges against the company.

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The new head of Donald Trump&#39;s campaign has only been in the position for just over a week, but appears to be connected to a scandal involving voter fraud. 
 
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/26/steve-bannon-florida-registered-vote-donald-trump?CMP=share_btn_tw">The Guardian</a> reports that Stephen Bannon, an executive of the right wing publication Breitbart News, has an active voter registration at a Florida house in which he does not live. The&nbsp;Miami-Dade Country&nbsp;home is currently vacant and is set for demolition. 
 
Bannon had rented the house for his ex-wife, but did not ever live there himself. His ex-wife, Diane Clohesy, a Tea Party activist, also no longer lives in the house. Neighbours say the house has been abandoned for months. 
 
Bannon assigned his voter registration to another house in Miami he rented for Clohesy, in which she lived between 2013-2015, but The Guardian&#39;s source claims that Bannon didn&#39;t live in this house either.&nbsp;Records show that the two have been divorced for seven years.&nbsp; 
 
The Guardian&#39;s repeated attempts to answer detailed questions about Bannon&#39;s living arrangement went unanswered. A Trump campaign spokesman said that &quot;Bannon moved to another location in Florida&quot;, but declined to answer any further questions. 
 
It is still not clear that Bannon is legally entitled to vote in Florida. The law in Florida states that one cannot vote there unless they are legal residents of the state and county where they register to vote. Legal reidency is defined as the place &quot;where a person mentally intends to make his or her permanent residence&quot;.
 
More, deliberately submitting a false voting registration&nbsp;is a third-degree felony that can result in up to a five year prison sentence.
This news comes after Trump has proclaimed that the votes are rigged against him. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-vote-fraud-20160812-snap-story.html">The LA Times</a> reports that in a mid-August rally, speaking to mainly white rural supporters in Pennsylvania, he instructed &quot;maybe you should go or volunteer or do something...We&#39;re going to watch Pennsylvania, go down and watch and study, and make sure other people don&#39;t come in and vote five times&quot;. Trump&#39;s words were interpreted by some to be steeped in racism, a &quot;dog whistle&quot; and even an incitement to violence. He has repeated similar remarks in rallies since. 
 
The LA Times report adds that these remarks came shortly after a federal court struck down a voter ID law in North Carolina, a hotly contested state in the election. These law &quot;targeted African-Americans &#39;with almost surgical precision&#39; in an effort to suppress the black vote&#39;, the court found&quot;. 
 
(WION)

Stephen Bannon is registered as a voter in Florida, a crucial swing state, in an abandoned house in which he never lived

The new head of Donald Trump's campaign has only been in the position for just over a week, but appears to be connected to a scandal involving voter fraud. The Guardian reports that Stephen Bannon, an executive of the right wing publication Breitbart News, has an active voter registration at a Florida house in which he does not live. The Miami-Dade Country home is currently vacant and is set for demolition. Bannon had rented the house for his ex-wife, but did not ever live there himself. His ex-wife, Diane Clohesy, a Tea Party activist, also no longer lives in the house. Neighbours say the house has been abandoned for months. Bannon assigned his voter registration to another house in Miami he rented for Clohesy, in which she lived between 2013-2015, but The Guardian's source claims that Bannon didn't live in this house either. Records show that the two have been divorced for seven years. The Guardian's repeated attempts to answer detailed questions about Bannon's living arrangement went unanswered. A Trump campaign spokesman said that "Bannon moved to another location in Florida", but declined to answer any further questions. It is still not clear that Bannon is legally entitled to vote in Florida. The law in Florida states that one cannot vote there unless they are legal residents of the state and county where they register to vote. Legal reidency is defined as the place "where a person mentally intends to make his or her permanent residence". More, deliberately submitting a false voting registration is a third-degree felony that can result in up to a five year prison sentence. This news comes after Trump has proclaimed that the votes are rigged against him. The LA Times reports that in a mid-August rally, speaking to mainly white rural supporters in Pennsylvania, he instructed "maybe you should go or volunteer or do something...We're going to watch Pennsylvania, go down and watch and study, and make sure other people don't come in and vote five times". Trump's words were interpreted by some to be steeped in racism, a "dog whistle" and even an incitement to violence. He has repeated similar remarks in rallies since. The LA Times report adds that these remarks came shortly after a federal court struck down a voter ID law in North Carolina, a hotly contested state in the election. These law "targeted African-Americans 'with almost surgical precision' in an effort to suppress the black vote', the court found". (WION)

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