While the company noted that just 16 percent of the fulfillment center’s workforce voted in favor of the union, it said it didn’t consider the result a victory.
The union said after Friday’s election that it will immediately file a legal challenge to the result. The group is requesting a hearing by the National Labor Relations Board “to determine if the results of the election should be set aside because conduct by the employer created an atmosphere of confusion, coercion and/or fear of reprisals and thus interfered with the employees’ freedom of choice.”
The unionization effort garnered attention from prominent Democrats and progressives. Both President Joe Biden and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders voiced support for the campaign.
“If you pull this off here, believe me, workers all over this country are going to be saying, ‘If these people in Alabama could take on the wealthiest guy in the world, we can do it as well,’” Sanders said.
The statement added, “We’re not perfect, but we’re proud of our team and what we offer, and will keep working to get better every day.”
