Ahead of Workers' Union Vote, "Amazon Mobilized an Army"

Four thousand workers at a North Carolina Amazon warehouse are voting from February 10 to 15 on whether to unionize with Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity & Empowerment (CAUSE).

RDU1, in the town of Garner, outside Raleigh, would be the second unionized Amazon warehouse in the United States.

It’s an ambitious campaign. The workers are organizing across racial and ethnic divides, through constant turnover, in deeply hostile terrain. At 2.4 percent, North Carolina’s union density is the lowest in the country.

They’ll also need to overcome widespread fear of something Amazon is notorious for: retaliation. In January, Amazon abruptly outsourced its entire Quebec operation rather than be forced to accept a contract at one warehouse.

In North Carolina, it has fired several visible union supporters, including CAUSE president Rev Ryan Brown.

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