The FBA warehouse was urgently closed! Amazon secretly cheers
A tornado hit the east coast of the United States last weekend, and places such as Alabama and New Jersey were severely affected. For this reason, Amazon recently announced the emergency closure of the FBA warehouse in Alabama!
This tornado disaster is very serious. The National Weather Service even detected more than ten tornadoes at the same time. Knowing that tornadoes were forming and hitting towns on Sunday night, the National Weather Service directly issued the highest severe weather risk in many regions. alarm.
The FBA warehouse that Amazon announced an emergency closure is BHM1 in Bessemer, Alabama. The spokesperson said, "We have received the state of emergency and tornado warnings issued by the governor in the Greater Birmingham area. Therefore, we have closed the Bessemer site and will reopen it under safe conditions."
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The states of Alabama and Ohio were the hardest hit. Various trees and ground power lines were blown over the entire state of Alabama, causing the power system of the entire state to be paralyzed for a time, and houses were blown down in pieces.
The tornado encountered in Ohio was also very terrible. There was even an Amazon delivery truck that was swept into the sky and fell into the field. The glass of all local houses was shattered by the wind, and even the roofs of some houses were blown off.
The tornado is very severe and will also affect Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee in the future. The Bureau of Meteorology has issued warnings for many of these states that may be affected, including severe weather warnings such as floods, hurricanes and hail. .
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It is certain that the delivery timeliness at the end of these states will be affected. You don't need to complete the warehouse and put it in the normal time. As long as there is no direct closure of the warehouse like BHM1, it is not bad.
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However, it is clear that Ohio is the worst-hit place. Amazon did not shut down its warehouse here. Instead, it shut down a relatively less serious warehouse in Alabama. In fact, Amazon has its own little idea here. When it comes to this BHM1 warehouse, even if there is no tornado, another "storm" has swept here. That is, the voting for the establishment of the first American trade union in Amazon's history is being held here.
Amazon union voting status
BHM1 is an Amazon FBA operation center with a total number of about 6,000 people. It is not much different from other operation centers, but what happened here affects hundreds of thousands of Amazon's frontline workers in the United States. Amazon’s first local union voting activity began on February 1, and it is being conducted among 6,000 people in BHM1. The establishment of this union is directly related to the future of Amazon’s relationship with workers.
In order to obstruct this vote, Amazon used a variety of strange tricks, including modifying the traffic lights outside BHM1 to reduce the time for union organization promotion, and placing advertisements on various websites to guide everyone to vote "no" to the establishment of the union. However, the current situation is still very unfavorable to Amazon. Government officials including Biden and Sanders have expressed support for workers to set up labor unions. Voting will soon end on the 31st, and Amazon is facing a back-to-back battle.
In the end, it happened that a tornado hit Alabama and other places. Amazon took the opportunity to shut down BHM1 directly, not giving the workers a chance to gather, and reducing everyone’s enthusiasm for voting in the last few days (who Will brave the wind and heavy rain to go to the post office to post a vote!). Don't underestimate the last few days. Many vacillating workers have waited to vote before the deadline. As a result, the establishment of the union can be suspended.
However, this is good news for sellers, because the establishment of a union will inevitably increase Amazon's labor costs, and this increase in cost will eventually rise to sellers who use FBA services. Even in the absence of a union, the FBA fee increases almost every year. If there is a union increase, it would be even more terrifying.
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