They can still challenge the results, but it looks like its over. 1798 against (1609 to get majority + 1).
It’s not over, it’s never over, but this was a loss and it does hurt.
And the neolib ghouls at the New York Times are absolutely preening themselves over it. Wait till they remember what unions were the compromise for :gui-better:
Yeah, but that was a boon for them- Amazon unionizing makes their one day dildo delivery more expensive.
Go ahead… ciriticize the one day dildo service. But… One day you might need it
sorry bro the average american is either a pro-capitalist liberal who thinks the c-suite executives and the billionaires are the pinnacle of sophistication and class or is a pro-capitalist semi-automatic toting right wing gun nut who would use their guns to “fight against marxism”
This article has already morphed a lot since I made this comment, but its original phrasing of “Amazon Workers Defeat Union Drive” and what a “crushing blow” it is to organized labor is gross. No mention of the dropbox fuckery, no explanation of what it means to contest the results or why the union might do that. First several comments pinned by NYT were also about how corrupt unions are. Idk maybe I just have brainworms at this point but it feels like the exact same way they covered any primary that Bernie lost – unrestrained eagerness to paint the narrative that thing they want to lose (i.e. working people) was just utterly destroyed and has no hopes of recovery.
It’s disappointing, but man the publicity for this and the on going action by other Amazon workers really has gotten the ball rolling. This definitely isn’t over.
Yeah, the drivers are way more consistent on organizing. Just check the AmazonDSPdriver subreddit.YeahYeah
More than half the workforce abstained which is not a direct no. Only 1700/6000 were against the idea enough to vote on it. Almost 1000 voted yes even with threats of retaliation from Amazon.
This is very good for round one of a fight that’s just starting and they have the upper hand in.
What happened to just doing the union? Since when did we all agree that unions can only exist through an election. 738 people in favor is a pretty sizable union.
American thing, they wanted NLRB certification (makes striking legal and a few other things). In the US, the union is also supposed to exclusively represent the entire shop that they organized in. So if the majority didn’t want one, the NLRB won’t certify, the union won’t be able to exclusively represent the entire shop or bargain for workers or strike (legally, sorry meant without scabs you can always strike for better conditions but employers are allowed to replace you without a union).
They could seek some other kind of representation, like IWW organizing or minority unionizing, but there’s even fewer legal protections for those people than what scraps of civil rights are afforded to unionizing through NLRB elections.
I know dooming is fun, but the vote is much closer than it looks and they are already talking about holding another vote soon
Plus Amazon outright broke the law to get this result. The vote should be thrown out.
