More than 3,000 workers at the West Midlands hub are eligible to take part in the vote, which closes on Saturday, in a long-running battle over workers' rights between trade unions and the US company.
Workers were granted the right to hold the legally binding ballot by the independent Central Arbitration Committee after a campaign by the GMB union, which is running the ballot. Amazon had rejected a request for voluntary recognition.
If staff vote to support recognition, the GMB will be given the right to represent them in negotiations in what would be the first instance of Amazon recognising a union in the UK.
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