Workers in Bessemer, Alabama, could form the first union at an Amazon warehouse in the United States. The location for this potential “first” has been called surprising due to anti-union sentiment in the region.
Employees at the BHM1 warehouse near Birmingham are seeking to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. Ahead of a Feb. 8 mail-out of election ballots to approximately 5,800 workers, Amazon launched an aggressive anti-union drive.
Learn more about the effort to unionize here and about the anti-union drive here.