Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, are set to vote on unionization for the third time in three years following a federal judge's ruling that the retail giant improperly influenced the most recent vote. The decision comes after Administrative law judge Michael Silverstein found that Amazon committed six violations leading up to the second election in March 2022.
Silverstein determined that Amazon managers surveilled employees' union activities, threatened workers with plant closure if they voted with the union, and removed pro-union materials from areas where anti-union materials were available. The National Labor Relations Board also found improper interference in the first election in 2021, leading to the redo in 2022.
