Amazon Worker Union Drive Faces Steep Odds in Election Do-Over

The federal labor board’s decision to order a do-over union election at an Amazon.com Inc. warehouse in Alabama delivered a rebuke to the world’s largest e-commerce company, but it may make little difference to the final outcome.

The Retail, Warehouse and Department Store Union continues to face challenges in its effort to organize some 6,000 workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., after losing the first election last spring by a margin of more than 2 to 1. The union would need to make up more than 1,000 votes, and nationwide nearly half of all recent re-run elections have ...