Ballot review in watershed Amazon union election to stretch into Wednesday


FILE PHOTO People protest in support of the unionizing efforts of the Alabama Amazon workers in Los Angeles California U.S. March 22 2021. REUTERSLucy NicholsonFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: People protest in support of the unionizing efforts of the Alabama Amazon workers, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 22, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo

(Reuters) - The National Labor Relations Board's review of ballots from Amazon.com Inc's landmark union election in Alabama will continue on Wednesday, with momentum for future labor organizing at America's second-largest private employer hanging in the balance.

Labor board staff have begun sifting through ballots sent to more than 5,800 workers at Amazon's Bessemer, Alabama-based warehouse, as part of a prolonged process expected to last days and spark legal challenges.

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