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Amazon is about to face a challenge from an old foe.
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Unions, energized by recent protests there campaigning to persuade Amazon workers to sign up Andan early test will come at one warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama.
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Workers there will vote on whether to unionize early next year.
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It's the first such poll Amazon has faced since 2014, and a yes vote would be the first ever at one of its U.
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S facilities.
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Amazon has told workers it already offers ALS the pay and benefits the unions promise.
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It's trained managers to spot signs off organizing activity.
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The online giants experience in France shows what it wants to avoid.
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Strong unions there drove a month long closure off warehouses this year in protest at working conditions.
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Amazon workers have also been staging walkouts at subsidiary Whole Foods.
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Some alleged that the company has failed to keep workers safe during this year's health crisis.
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Now a group called Whole Worker is looking to unionize staff at the grocery chain.
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Unions in Seattle are also meeting Amazon tech workers.
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One is helping whistleblowers fired by the company to contest their termination.
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Labor organizations hope a new administration will help, not least by supporting the protecting the right to organize act.
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The bill passed by the U.
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S House in February would penalize firms that hinder organizing, but it faces a battle to get through the Senate.