Amazon union vote: organizers see hope in two tight US elections

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If a majority of workers votes yes in either New York or Alabama, it would mark the first successful US organizing effort in the company’s history

Labor organizers always knew it would be tough to convince Amazon workers to unionize. But a surprisingly strong early showing in aIn Staten Island, New York, 1,518 warehouse workers have so far voted yes to forming a union while 1,154 have voted no, according to an early tally on Thursday evening by the National Labor Relations Board, which is overseeing both elections. Ballots will continue to be counted on Friday morning.

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