Amazon Union Vote in Alabama Challenged Again by Labor Group

Amazon.com Inc. interfered in a union election at an Alabama warehouse by prohibiting employees from discussing the union during work hours or posting literature about the effort, according to objections filed Thursday by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union seeking to void the election results.

Amazon employees in Bessemer, Alabama, voted 993 to 875 against forming a union in a mail-in election that ended in March. More than 400 contested ballots haven’t been counted and could influence the final result. The union still filed its objections, saying Amazon allowed anti-union materials to be displayed in work areas, but prohibited pro-union displays. The objections also accuse Amazon of engaging in surveillance of employees during the election period.