The company is acting completely unethically and illegally. It needs some execs in handcuffs already. And the HN lede is "Bezos paper says anti-AMZN things!"
Go figure.
Go figure.
Unions and corruption/illegal conduct, after all, go hand-in-hand. Consider the fact the RWDSU was caught illegally intimidating workers into signing up to them in order to extract fees, earning them a rebuke from the NLRB. [1]
So, if the retail unions targeting Amazon have such a history of illegal intimidation, and Amazon is alleging it's happening yet again, why shouldn't they be believed?
These unions have shown they'll intimidate and operate illegally to achieve their goals.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retail,_Wholesale_and_Departme...
It is in my opinion totally a legit view to first believe the workers. History has shown that corruption and lawbreaking are many magnitudes more prevalent in corporations than unions.
The previous behavior of the company is all the reason one should need to scrutinize anything they say/do with a magnifying glass and to never give Amazon the benefit of the doubt. That was forfeited by them long ago.
Unions that are outright threatening or bribing people to break a vote, though. That's an unambiguous use of the word corruption.