Why The Retail Wholesale & Department Store Union Might Get The Last Laugh on Amazon in Alabama

Efforts to organize workers at Amazon's fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama, just southwest of Birmingham, have gone unfulfilled as more than 50% of the workers appear to have voted against unionizing their workplace.

However, the Retail Wholesale & Department Store Union (RWDSU) might get the last laugh. The RWDSU plans to file a series of unfair labor practice complaints with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). These complaints include Amazon getting USPS to install a special mail box for the union vote despite NLRB telling Amazon not to do so. Amazon also actively campaigned against the formation of union through mandatory meetings, social media posts as well as phone calls and text messages. A pro-Biden, pro-labor NLRB might not like such heavy-handedness and seek out judicial intervention.

This could result a new vote free from shenanigans. In which case, the RWDSU might get the last laugh and Amazon workers would get some fulfillment of their own.