Amazon Hearing Starts With Union Aiming to Overturn Alabama Vote
- Union says company fired worker for handing out union cards
- Amazon denies wrongdoing, says union is misrepresenting facts
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Amazon.com Inc. and the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union are making their case at a National Labor Relations Board hearing starting Friday on the labor group’s bid to set aside its defeat in the closely watched election to unionize an Alabama fulfillment center.
In an April 16 complaint, the RWDSU accused Amazon of misconduct -- including issuing anti-union threats, firing an employee for distributing union cards and pressuring workers to cast their votes in a mailbox the company got installed in a tent on its property, in view of surveillance cameras.