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Triangle Amazon workers vote against unionization, but some employees allege labor law violations - Duke Chronicle
Workers at Amazon’s RDU1 facility in Garner, N.C., voted against unionization Friday, with only a third of workers casting their ballots in favor of the move after a six-day voting period.
However, union representatives and proponents of the movement accused Amazon of unfair interference in the voting process.
The results, 829 in favor of unionizing and 2,447 opposed, came after a three-year effort by Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity & Empowerment (CAUSE), the organization hoping to represent the Amazon employees. A successful unionization vote would have been historic, as RDU1 would have become only the second Amazon facility to organize in the nation and the first in the South.
“The election results today are a result of Amazon’s willingness to break the law and use its enormous wealth to try and break our movement,” CAUSE leadership wrote in a statement following the vote. “… We will continue organizing: This is only the beginning, and we are building momentum in this struggle against exploitation.”
Orin Starn, professor of cultural anthropology and history who worked undercover in the warehouse and supported the unionization effort, noted that “it wasn’t unexpected for us to lose, but we hoped that we would win.”
“We’re glad that our team in Garner was able to have their voices heard and that they chose to keep a direct relationship with Amazon,” wrote Amazon spokesperson Eileen Hards in a Sunday email to The Chronicle.
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