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The defeat of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union’s two NLRB elections at Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, and the Amazon Labor Union’s lost election in Albany, New York, strongly suggest that the NLRB election route to union recognition and a contract cannot replace internal grassroots organization and direct action. More

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This content originally appeared on CounterPunch.org and was authored by Kim Moody.

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[1]https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/04/12/a-rocky-road-on-the-upward-path-of-labor-action/[2]https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/04/12/a-rocky-road-on-the-upward-path-of-labor-action/[3]https://www.counterpunch.org/