By james art 
Updated on February 15, 2025 at 7:20 pm et
Amazon workers in North Carolina voted against the unification, as the retail giant again prevailed in the fight against organizing labor.
About 4,300 workers in a warehouse in Garner, North Carolina, a suburb of a relic, had the right to throw ballots in the last week. They voted whether to join the Union of Low, called Carolina Amazons, united for solidarity and empowerment or cause.
The workers voted nearly 3 to 1 against the merger. Labor federal officials showed 829 support votes and 2447 votes against, with 77 ballots being left to be challenged either by the Union or the company.
Representatives of the unification effort did not immediately respond to NPR’s request for a comment on Saturday.
The organizers of the Union, who are current and former workers, said they would insist on higher salaries, more reliable hours, better safety measures and other changes. They have encountered an unwavering Amazon opposition campaign, which has long been struggling with their efforts to organize their packages, delivery drivers and other employees.
The company, which is the second largest private employer in the United States after Walmart, claims that its employees are taking advantage of the job without the involvement of the unions and that it already offers better pay and advantages than most in the industry.
“We are glad that our team in Garner was able to listen to their votes and that they chose to maintain a direct relationship with Amazon, Eileen Hards, a company spokesman., He said in a statement on Saturday. “We look forward to continuing to make this great place to work together and support our teammates as they build their future with us.”
In January, workers in one place owned by Amazon Whole Foods in Philadelphia voted to become the first united store in the chain. Since then, Whole Foods has asked the National Board of Labor Council to disqualify the Union’s victory, partly, since the Federal Agency is no longer enough on board members to certify the vote, as President Trump fired a democratic member.
The company continues to legally challenge its first union warehouse in New York, almost three years since the historic vote. At that time, the finances and the internal rapprochement of this senior Amazon union deteriorated. The group joined their efforts with the powerful international brotherhood of the team.
The teams separately organized some of Amazon’s supplies, although the company also did not recognize this representation. In December, the Union led drivers and storage workers in writing multiple places in the United States, trying to attract more people in folding the Union and pushing the Amazon to start negotiating collective bargaining contracts.
Amazon also appealed a decision for November by a Federal Labor Judge, which he ordered in the third election for the Union-Transfiguration-in Alabama Stock. In the original vote in 2021, workers largely rejected the Union. Later, US employees found that Amazon had not illegally influenced. The results of the second election remained too close to require more than two years, as the Union and the company have accused each other of violating labor laws.
Amazon workers and the federal labor investigators have filed numerous complaints stating that the union’s work and illegal tactics from the company, which Amazon has denied and legally disputes. In fact, one of the company’s lawsuits called into question the very existence of the National Board of Labor Relations, arguing that its structure violated the Constitution.
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