And at a time when the economy is still trying to recover and companies have been eliminating jobs, it is one of the few places still hiring during the pandemic, adding 500,000 workers last year alone.īut the pandemic also revealed inequities in the workforce, with many having to report to their jobs even while the coronavirus was raging, leading to concerns over health and safety. Amazon has an undefeated record of snuffing out union efforts before they can spread. That the labor movement in Bessemer even got this far was unexpected. Alabama is one of 27 “right-to-work” states where workers don’t have to pay dues to unions that represent them. But Bessemer was always viewed as a long shot since it pitted the country’s second-largest employer against warehouse workers in a state with laws that don’t favor unions. The union push was the biggest in Amazon’s 26-year history and only the second time that an organizing effort from within the company had come to a vote. “And Amazon didn’t win - our employees made the choice to vote against joining a union.” “Our employees heard far more anti-Amazon messages from the union, policymakers, and media outlets than they heard from us,” the company said. Amazon said in a statement that it didn’t intimidate employees.
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