A group of Amazon workers at a fulfillment center in Moreno Valley, California, seeking to join the independent Amazon Labor Union have withdrawn a petition to hold a union election, mere weeks after launching their campaign, the National Labor Relations Board confirmed.
The move Friday to withdraw the petition came after Amazon raised doubts about whether organizers seeking to unionize the company's ONT8 fulfillment center had gathered enough worker signatures to hold a union election. To hold an election supervised by the National Labor Relations Board, unions must show that they have gathered signatures of support from at least 30% of workers eligible to vote.
Union leaders described the move as a temporary setback, and not a signal that the group of workers, which calls itself United 4 Change ONT8, are ending the unionization push.
