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Union Vote A First For Amazon. Now What Happens?

By Noel King,
Alina Selyukh
Published March 30, 2021 at 9:09 PM EDT
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The counting of votes to determine whether employees at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala. can form a union begins on Tuesday.

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