> Does anyone really believe that the Amazon employees voted against the union because Amazon removed some union material from the break room one day? Of course

> Does anyone really believe that the Amazon employees voted against the union because Amazon removed some union material from the break room one day? Of course not. The truth is I don't think I know what it's like to live as an Amazon warehouse worker. When I grew up in California I didn't learn anything about unions until I was like 30 years old. Now to me unionization makes perfect rational sense, so I had assumed the union vote failed due to a lack of knowledge about unions amongst the workers. Like if you're a busy worker who needs their job and is afraid of company retaliation and you really don't have time to go to meetings and learn about the law and you can't really take a risk, then the "safe" thing is to vote no. Until I really learned about worker power, I probably would have done the same. So actually yes I can see how Amazon removing literature could have impacted the vote. Looking at the original count: "The result of the NLRB's initial vote count was 1,798 votes against the union and 738 in favor." [1] The article also says are 6000 workers at the plant. So the question is, could the literature have helped 531 people change their mind, or brought more in from the non voting crowd? Seems perfectly plausible. [1] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/04/the-amazon-union-drive-in-alabama-appears-headed-for-defeat/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/04/the-amazon-union...