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Amazon gives paid leave to Alabama woman who was injured in NOLA on New Years Eve

An Alabama Amazon employee will receive paid time off after initial reporting to the contrary.

January 6, 2025

North Alabama unions announce solidarity with striking Starbucks, Amazon workers

Starbucks and Amazon workers went on strike just before the Christmas holiday.

December 25, 2024

Judge orders a third union election at Amazon warehouse in Bessemer

An NLRB judge ruled Amazon violated the law by confiscating union materials, surveilling employees, and threatening plant closure.

November 8, 2024

Bessemer Amazon union vote too close to call

Workers at the Bessemer facility appear to have voted against joining a union, but by a margin so small that challenged ballots could change the outcome.

April 1, 2022

Union officials: Bessemer Amazon workers told to keep working after smoke incident

Officials and employees at the Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer allege workers were kept at their stations after smoke clouded several floors of the warehouse.

March 28, 2022

Poll: Nearly two-thirds of Jefferson County supports union efforts at Bessemer Amazon

A survey of Jefferson County residents shows nearly two-thirds of respondents support the unionization efforts at Amazon's fulfillment center in Bessemer.

February 24, 2022

Amazon union organizers allege continued interference during second union election

The ballots for the second union elections, which were sent out beginning Feb, 4, are scheduled to be counted starting March 28.

February 23, 2022

Another bite at the Amazon apple

Workers have the right to join a union. But when they decline to do so, government’s job shouldn’t be to disregard that decision.

February 21, 2022

Alabama Coalition for Community Benefits supports Amazon workers’ unionization drive

The union election is being rerun because a federal ruling found that Amazon’s misconduct tainted the outcome of the first election.

February 15, 2022

Union files new unfair labor practice charges against Amazon in Bessemer

The charges allege the company violated their settlement agreement with workers at the Bessemer fulfillment center.

January 25, 2022