Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register A union victory in New York “would be a triumph for unconventional campaigning,” said John Logan, a labor professor at San Francisco State University. The Smalls team made extensive use of social media during the campaign and deviated from a standard workbook, he said. read more “CONTINUE TO FIGHT” For Bessemer of Alabama, the count of about 1,900 valid ballots was completed on Thursday, but the result is far from certain. The NLRB said it would hold a hearing in the coming weeks to determine if any of the 416 disputed ballots should be opened and counted. “I go in, I kick my ass every day, I get things done,” said Morrison, who previously worked as a trade union in a grocery store. “I would not do that if there was a club. It would be whoever was there more and whoever was there more does not mean he did the best.” Jennifer Bates, one of the first supporters of the Alabama trade union campaign, said: “The election is not over until all the eligible ballots have been counted and we will continue to fight.” A simple majority of votes is required to win. Neither the New York union nor the labor council has said how many ballots were received on Staten Island. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Report by Jeffrey Dastin in Palo Alto, California, Danielle Kaye in New York and Julia Love in San Francisco. Additional references by Doyinsola Oladipo and Hilary Russ in New York, Nivedita Balu and Niket Nishant in Bengaluru. Editing: Peter Henderson, Anna Driver and Lisa Shumaker Our role models: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
