Deadline up for ballots Amazon warehouse employees' effort to unionize, tally expected in days

Employees at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama have until Monday to decide on whether to unionize, with the results from the thousands of mail-in ballots expected to be announced in the coming days. 

Roughly 6,000 Amazon employees at the Birmingham-area  warehouse will submit mail-in ballots on joining the the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, according to People's World, a pro-union paper.

The months-long fight to unionize has garnered national attention, as the giant online retailer faces its first major test from unions to organize workers.

Last week, Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders, a democratic socialist, visited the site to support the pro-union effort, with the balloting outcome apparently too close to call.

"I do think the union’s going to win the election. Whether it’s overwhelming or not, I don’t know. But I do think there’s enough momentum to win," said Robin Kelley, a history professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, according to The Guardian.

John Logan, an expert on corporations and professor at San Francisco State was less certain about a union win.

"I wouldn’t put money on the union winning," he said. "But I do think there’s a chance."