Amazon calls for election re-run after workers voted for first US union
Christian Smalls
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 USunion, saying that the USlabor board and worker-organizers suppressed turnout.
TheAmazonLabor Union (ALU) rejected the allegations made by the online retailer that is the second-largest USprivate employer.
Amazonmade 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 fromAmazon'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.
Amazonspokesperson 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."
Amazonalso accused the ALU of intimidating workers and distributing marijuana to gain votes in its favor, according to a company filing on Friday.
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Derrick Palmer, vice president of the ALU, saidAmazonis trying to "demean our character and undermine our efforts."
The USNational Labor Relations Board (NLRB) now must processAmazon's objections before certifying the election result. The timing for this was not immediately clear.
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In its filing,Amazonsaid the NLRB improperly helped the ALU gain standing to hold an election and created the impression that it supported the union.Amazonalso 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 againstAmazonhave been consistent with its congressional mandate.
The ALU pushed back againstAmazon'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 wasAmazonthat had intimidated workers, and the union has filed dozens of unfair labor practice charges against the company.