BESSEMER, Ala. — An administrative law judge has found Amazon guilty of violating labor laws during union efforts at its facility in Bessemer, Alabama.
The Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) filed the objection back in 2022, saying the company intimidated employees and prevented union efforts during an election.
The RWDSU listed 21 allegations that included intimidating an employee wearing a pro-union button and sending pro-union employees texts accusing them of harassing coworkers.
The judge ruled Amazon would need to post a notice on its Bessemer facility, as well as in break rooms, and in restrooms.
The notice would also need to be distributed through several electronic means, as well as mailed to employees.
A new election would then be held.
RWDSU President Stuart Appelbaum says the union is pleased with ruling, but said Amazon must do more to ensure fairness.
We never doubted that Amazon was going to take every opportunity, legal or not, to deny its employees at its Bessemer warehouse a free and fair election. These were the first Amazon warehouse workers anywhere in the nation who filed for union representation.
Amazon has been found yet again to have violated basic labor laws. Just as was ordered after the first election, a new election, now second rerun election, has again been ordered based on Amazon’s conduct, this time before even determining the final results of the rerun election.
We reject, however, the ALJ’s decision not to provide any of...
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