Workers at a London Amazon facility narrowly lost their bid to unionize this week in a massive blow to U.K. organized labor.
The GMB lost its bid for union recognition at the London factory Tuesday by just 28 votes. The union needed a simple majority for recognition, but only 49.5% of the 2,600 workers who voted supported the move by organized labor.
Under British regulations, the union can’t launch another drive at the location for three years. If the union had won at the London facility, it would have been the first recognizedof union busting and said the company would face a legal challenge.tried to influence the vote by hiring scores of employees just before the election.
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