Amazon interfered with union elections, says U.S. labor board

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(Reuters) – E-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) interfered with union election by installing a mailbox, threatening employees and hiring additional police, according to a report by the National Labor Relations Board’s hearing officer.

The board on Monday recommended a rerun of the landmark Amazon union election in Alabama where employees had voted against making their warehouse the online retailer’s first union in the United States.