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By If workers vote for a union, it would be a historic first for the online retail giant, which has long opposed any effort to organize its employees. As the second-largest U.S. private employer, Amazon (AMZN) has long been a focus for labor advocates who hope that a single union victory will spark organizing efforts across the country. The vote counts starting Thursday, overseen by the National
Labor Relations Board (NLRB), may not result in a final
determination. Ballots that either side challenged as invalid
would be addressed after the count in the event of a close
election and could alter the outcome. In addition, parties can
object to conduct around the vote that could set aside the
results as happened last year in A simple majority of votes cast is needed to win. Workers at the company's JFK8 warehouse in A rerun of last year's failed union organizing campaign at
Amazon's (AMZN) warehouse in The NLRB found that Amazon (AMZN) improperly interfered in the original contest, which the company won by a 2-1 margin. (Reporting by
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