Union Vote A First For Amazon. Now What Happens?

By Alina Selyukh,

Noel King

Published March 30, 2021 at 8:09 PM CDT

The counting of votes to determine whether employees at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala. can form a union begins on Tuesday.

Economy

Alina Selyukh

Alina Selyukh is a business correspondent at NPR, where she follows the path of the retail and tech industries, tracking how America's biggest companies are influencing the way we spend our time, money, and energy.

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Noel King

Noel King is a host of Morning Edition and Up First.

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