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Amazon union election results should be set aside due to misconduct, NLRB officer recommends - CNN
Aug 03, 2021 1 min, 24 secs
The NLRB did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The election, which took place by mail over a nearly two-month period due to the pandemic, received national attention, with celebrities, politicians -- including President Joe Biden -- and employees at other Amazon facilities lending public support to workers driving the unionization effort.

RWDSU filed formal objections with the NLRB after the vote was tallied in April, alleging Amazon's conduct in the lead up to and during the election prevented "a free and uncoerced exercise of choice by the employees." It called for the board to "set the election aside."

In its release, the RWDSU said the officer presiding over the case determined Amazon (AMZN) violated labor law and will recommend that the results be set aside and a second election be held.

In earlier guidance from the NLRB on the process, Amazon and the union will have a chance to file exceptions.

Then the NLRB's regional director will issue a decision on the matter.

"Throughout the NLRB hearing, we heard compelling evidence how Amazon tried to illegally interfere with and intimidate workers as they sought to exercise their right to form a union.

We support the hearing officer's recommendation that the NLRB set aside the election results and direct a new election," said Stuart Appelbaum, president of the RWDSU, in a statement Monday.

In response to Monday's news, an Amazon spokesperson said in a statement: "Our employees had a chance to be heard during a noisy time when all types of voices were weighing into the national debate, and at the end of the day, they voted overwhelmingly in favor of a direct connection with their managers and the company.

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