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Amazon's First US Union Overcomes Hurdles, Faces New Ones

Headline from NBC New York, on the newest of 2 developments

A stunning upset in a union election on Staten Island had brought sudden exposure to the organizers and worker advocates who realized victory for the nascent Amazon Labor Union when so many other more established labor groups had failed before them.

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  1. Amazon workers at New York warehouse vote to form company's first US union

    Headline from KYMA Yuma ·

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    Amazon's First US Union Overcomes Hurdles, Faces New Ones

    Headline from NBC New York ·

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54 articles, oldest first.

  1. KREM Spokane

    Amazon warehouse workers in NYC vote to unionize, a first for the company (opens KREM Spokane)

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    KREM Spokane's feed description

    Amazon workers in New York voted to unionize Friday, marking the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the retail giant’s history.

  2. Athens The News Courier

    Amazon staff reject union in Alabama, lean toward it in NYC (opens Athens The News Courier)

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    Athens The News Courier's feed description

    NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon workers in Alabama appear to have rejected a union bid in a tight race, according to early results on Thursday. But outstanding challenged votes could

  3. Omaha World-Herald

    Amazon workers in NYC vote to unionize in historic labor win (opens Omaha World-Herald)

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    Omaha World-Herald's feed description

    NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon workers in Staten Island, New York, voted to unionize on Friday, marking the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the retail giant’s history and handing

  4. Politico

    UPDATED: Amazon workers in Staten Island form company's first union in stunning upset (opens Politico)

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    Politico's feed description

    The upset could further energize the organized labor movement.

  5. Forbes

    Amazon Union Vote Is A Big Win For Labor Unions (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Amazon workers at a warehouse located on Staten Island, voted to form a union with 55% of voters in favor of unionization. This is the first successful major union drive for the retail sector in several decades landing a wake-up call to other retailers that want to avoid unionization.

  6. Fox10 Phoenix

    NYC Amazon workers vote to unionize warehouse (opens Fox10 Phoenix)

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    Fox10 Phoenix's feed description

    Amazon workers on Staten Island, voted to unionize on Friday, marking the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the retail giant’s history.

  7. Al Jazeera

    Amazon union maintains commanding lead in New York election (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    The retail giant has managed to keep unions out of its US operations for more than 25 years but that may be changing.

  8. France 24

    Amazon workers in New York vote to unionize in US first (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    Amazon workers in New York voted Friday to establish the first US union at the e-commerce giant, a milestone for a company that has steadfastly opposed organized labor in its massive workforce.

  9. Geek Wire

    In historic milestone for Amazon and organized labor, workers at N.Y. warehouse vote to unionize (opens Geek Wire)

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    Geek Wire's feed description

    For the first time in Amazon's history, a group of the company's U.S. warehouse workers voted to form a union, delivering a landmark victory for the labor movement and a setback for the tech giant…

  10. Rolling Stone

    Staten Island Is About to Become Home to the First Amazon Labor Union in America (opens Rolling Stone)

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    Rolling Stone's feed description

    “We demand to be treated as human beings and not mere replaceable appendages to the robots and algorithms that run the warehouses,” the newly created Amazon Labor Union wrote in a statement

  11. Berkshire Eagle

    Amazon workers in NYC vote to unionize, a first for company (opens Berkshire Eagle)

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    Berkshire Eagle's feed description

    NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon workers in Staten Island, New York, voted to unionize on Friday, marking the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the retail giant’s history and handing

  12. KVOA Tucson

    Amazon workers at New York warehouse vote to form company's first US union (opens KVOA Tucson)

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    KVOA Tucson's feed description

    Amazon warehouse workers at a facility in New York City have voted to form the first US union in the tech giant's 27-year history, marking a stunning victory for a

  13. Fast Company

    Amazon union vote: Here’s the latest update on the historic effort to organize 2 warehouses (opens Fast Company)

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    Fast Company's feed description

    If either warehouse succeeds, it will result in the first union of Amazon workers in the company’s 28-year history.

  14. Vox

    America finally gets an Amazon union (opens Vox)

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    Vox's feed description

    Amazon wanted to make former employee Chris Smalls the face of labor activism. He just handed Amazon its first US union.

  15. CNN

    Amazon workers at New York warehouse could vote to form company's first US union (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    Amazon has gone 27 years without a US union, but a grassroots effort at a warehouse in New York could soon change that.

  16. Deutsche Welle

    Amazon workers in US vote for first union in company's history | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Warehouse workers have voted in favor of establishing the first ever Amazon union in US history. Although not yet final, the win looks likely to encourage labor activists across the country.

  17. CBS News

    Amazon workers in New York City vote to form first union at retail giant (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    The vote at a Staten Island processing facility with 8,000 workers is seen as a historic win for organized labor.

  18. Newsweek

    New York Amazon workers vote to be company's first unionized U.S. facility (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    The vote count was still underway Friday, but enough workers had voted in favor of unionizing to secure the victory.

  19. Adweek

    In a Historic Moment, Amazon Workers Vote to Unionize (opens Adweek)

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    Adweek's feed description

    It’s a historic day for Amazon employees at a warehouse in Staten Island, N.Y., who have voted to unionize for the first time in the U.S.

  20. Slate Magazine

    How Amazon Warehouse Employees Won Their First Union (opens Slate Magazine)

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    Slate Magazine's feed description

    A team of workers in Staten Island faced down one of the fiercest anti-union corporation companies in the U.S.—and succeeded.

  21. Forbes

    Amazon Workers On Staten Island Successfully Voted To Form A Union (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    In a historic event, employees at an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City, voted Friday to join a union.

  22. Breitbart News

    Amazon Workers in Staten Island Vote to Form Company's First Union (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    Amazon workers at a warehouse in Staten Island, New York, have voted to unionize. The decision, made by more than 2,500 workers, is a first for Amazon.

  23. Local News 8

    Amazon warehouse workers in New York made history voting for a union. Here's what could happen next (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business After Christian Smalls was fired two years ago from an Amazon warehouse in New York City following his participation in a walkout over its pandemic response, an executive at the company suggested undercutting his organizing efforts by painting him as “not smart, …

  24. NBC New York

    Amazon's First US Union Overcomes Hurdles, Faces New Ones (opens NBC New York)

    Published

    NBC New York's feed description

    A stunning upset in a union election on Staten Island had brought sudden exposure to the organizers and worker advocates who realized victory for the nascent Amazon Labor Union when so many other more established labor groups had failed before them.

  25. KOB 4

    Amazon's first-ever union overcomes hurdles, faces new ones (opens KOB 4)

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    Bowling Green Daily News's feed description

    NEW YORK (AP) — When a scrappy group of former and current warehouse workers on Staten Island, New York went head-to-head with Amazon in a union election, many compared it

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