Amazon union organisers deflated as vote tilts against them

A file photo of a banner encouraging workers to vote in labor balloting is shown at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama. Vote counting in the union push in Bessemer is expected to start as early as April 8, but hundreds of contested ballots could muddy the outcome if it’s a close race. — AP

Amazon is heading into the final stretch of a union push in Bessemer, Alabama with a sizeable lead over labour organisers.

With nearly half the ballots counted Thursday night, 1,100 warehouse workers had rejected the union while 463 voted in favor of it.