(CNN Business) A National Labor Relations Board official is recommending that the results of the milestone union election at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama held earlier this year be scrapped and that a new election be held due to illegal misconduct on the part of the e-commerce giant. The recommendation from an NLRB hearing officer, which has yet to be released by the NLRB, was conveyed in a press release by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, which was behind the union drive that Amazon soundly defeated in April. The NLRB did not immediately respond to a request for comment. It called for the board to "set the election aside." Amazon AMZN In its release, the RWDSU said the officer presiding over the case determinedviolated labor law and will recommend that the results be set aside and a second election be held.

Source: CNN August 03, 2021 00:22 UTC