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.
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.
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
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