Amazon claims union organizers bribed workers with weed ahead of vote

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Furthermore, media reports of the filing contend that ALU organizers distributed cannabis to workers ahead of the vote. According to Business Insider, Amazon claims in a filing late last week that the Amazon Labour Union (ALU) and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) suppressed voter turnout. Amazon appears non-too-pleased about the recent move by workers at a company warehouse in New York to unionize given its newly filed lawsuit that claims, among other things, that organizers coaxed would-be members with pot. Although a reported 67 ballots were challenged by either the company or the union, these were not enough to tip the vote one way or the other. The state government reports employers cannot prohibit cannabis use outside of the workplace “unless the employer is permitted to do so pursuant to” labour law.

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Amazon appears non-too-pleased about the recent move by workers at a company warehouse in New York to unionize given its newly filed lawsuit that claims, among other things, that organizers coaxed would-be members with pot.

The information technology and e-commerce behemoth appears to be warming somewhat to cannabis, or perhaps just taking into account changing public and prospective employee views.

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