And I’ve given every fiber of my soul into organizing Amazon these past three years,” Bates said in a statement Friday. Amazon workers at a New York warehouse voted to form the company’s first US union last year, though Amazon has since refused to recognize the union or come to the bargaining table. Other efforts to unionize Amazon facilities, including one across the street from the New York warehouse, have failed. The closely-watched union election at the Bessemer facility ended with the results too close to call due to hundreds of challenged ballots. “Amazon’s behavior must not go unchallenged, and workers in Bessemer, Alabama must have their rights protected under the law.”

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Persons: Jennifer Bates, “, I’ve, ” Bates, ”, Bates “, Bates, ” Mary Kate Paradis, we’ve, Stuart Appelbaum, Appelbaum, ” Appelbaum Organizations: CNN, Wholesale, Department Store Union, Amazon, National Labor Relations Board Locations: Alabama, Bessemer , Alabama, United States, New York, Amazon