Amazon warehouse workers near Albany, New York, voted overwhelmingly against forming a union by almost a 2–1 margin, delivering a blow to the fledgling labor movement trying to build momentum at one of America’s biggest employers.
Workers at Amazon’s ALB1 warehouse in the town of Schodack cast 206 votes for and 406 votes against joining a local offshoot of the nascent Amazon Labor Union (ALU), according to the National Labor Relations Board.
ALU President Chris Smalls downplayed the defeat, vowing to continue unionization efforts at the facility.
“Proud of the brave workers of ALB1 regardless of todays results taking on a trillion-dollar company can never be a loss for workers. We will continue to empower all workers to give them the right to unionize. You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take!” Smalls said in a statement on social media….