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Amazon union vote fails in NYC

Headline from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

An independent union that led Amazon warehouse workers to a victorious vote last month fell short on its second attempt to organize workers in the Staten Island borough of New York City.

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  1. NBC News

    Amazon workers vote against unionizing a second Staten Island warehouse (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    The election results are a major setback for the organized labor movement at the company.

  2. FOX 43 York

    Amazon workers in NYC reject union in a reversal of fortune (opens FOX 43 York)

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    FOX 43 York's feed description

    This time around, warehouse workers cast 618 votes — or about 62% — against the union, giving Amazon enough support to fend off a second labor win.

  3. CBS News

    Amazon workers reject union at second New York City warehouse (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Employees at another Staten Island facility voted against joining the fledgling Amazon Labor Union.

  4. Fox10 Phoenix

    Amazon workers in NYC reject union (opens Fox10 Phoenix)

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    Fox10 Phoenix's feed description

    Amazon warehouse workers rejected a union bid on Monday, dealing a blow to organizers who last month pulled off the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the retail giant’s history.

  5. Digital Journal

    Bid to create union at second Amazon site fails in New York (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    Workers at an Amazon facility in New York rejected a unionization campaign, according to a vote count Monday, one month after the group's upset triumph at

  6. Geek Wire

    Amazon workers vote against forming union at Staten Island warehouse (opens Geek Wire)

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    Geek Wire's feed description

    Amazon employees at a Staten Island facility rejected to form a union Monday by a 618-380 vote. The result is a loss for the Amazon Labor Union, which last month helped a group of warehouse workers at…

  7. Los Angeles Times

    Amazon workers in New York City reject union in a reversal of fortune (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    Amazon warehouse workers rejected a union bid, dealing a blow to organizers who recently pulled off the first successful U.S. organizing effort in Amazon history.

  8. Washington Times

    Amazon workers vote against unionizing New York warehouse, dealing major blow to organizers (opens Washington Times)

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    Washington Times's feed description

    Amazon workers employed at a Staten Island warehouse voted against forming a union Monday, an unexpected setback for the group of current and former employees who last month successfully created the company’s first union at a different New York City warehouse.

  9. NBC Chicago

    Amazon Workers at Second Staten Island Warehouse Reject Union (opens NBC Chicago)

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    NBC Chicago's feed description

    The decision comes just a month after a neighboring Amazon warehouse, known as JFK8, voted in favor of the company’s first U.S. union.

  10. The Guardian

    Amazon warehouse workers await result of union vote in Staten Island (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Workers at different facility voted last month to unionize but as yet unclear whether Amazon Labor Union can replicate its success

  11. Hot Air

    NYC Amazon workers reject union despite support from AOC and Bernie Sanders (opens Hot Air)

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    Hot Air's feed description

    "...raise questions about whether the first victory was just a fluke."

  12. Portland Press Herald

    Amazon workers at second NYC warehouse reject union in a reversal of fortune (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    Portland Press Herald's feed description

    Amazon warehouse workers rejected a union bid on Monday, dealing a blow to organizers who last month pulled off the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the retail giant’s history.

  13. Forbes

    Amazon Workers Reject Union Bid At Second NY Facility (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    The rejection comes a month after workers at another warehouse in Staten Island voted in favor of unionizing in the first major victory for the company’s labor movement.

  14. New York Times

    Amazon Union Loses Vote at Second Staten Island Warehouse (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    The results were a setback for the upstart Amazon Labor Union, which last month won a landmark victory at a larger Amazon warehouse nearby.

  15. NPR

    Amazon Labor Union fails to repeat victory in Staten Island Amazon warehouse election (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    An Amazon sorting center on Staten Island in New York has voted against unionizing, a month after a larger Amazon warehouse across the street voted to join the Amazon Labor Union.

  16. The Daily Dot

    Amazon workers vote against unionization in New York (opens The Daily Dot)

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    The Daily Dot's feed description

    After a first warehouse in Staten Island successfully unionized this year, a second vote at another location failed.

  17. Insider

    Amazon union loses at Staten Island warehouse a month after nabbing historic win just across the street (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    The outcome is a blow to the Amazon Labor Union, which won a historic unionization vote in April at Amazon's JFK8 warehouse just across the street.

  18. CNN

    Amazon defeats New York union drive (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    The grassroots labor union that made history last month when it formed the first union at an Amazon warehouse in the United States has lost a union election at a much smaller facility just across the street.

  19. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Amazon union vote fails in NYC (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    An independent union that led Amazon warehouse workers to a victorious vote last month fell short on its second attempt to organize workers in the Staten Island borough of New York City.

  20. Christian Science Monitor

    Amazon union loses Staten Island vote after earlier success (opens Christian Science Monitor)

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    Christian Science Monitor's feed description

    The nascent Amazon Labor Union suffered a blow on Monday as workers at a Staten Island Amazon facility rejected unionization. The vote comes after the ALU successfully unionized another Amazon facility in the borough last month.

  21. Newsweek

    Amazon workers urged to fight on after Staten Island union push fails (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    "We are not happy with the results but we've got to continue to organize," Amazon Labor Union President Chris Smalls said after the effort to unionize a second Staten Island facility failed.

  22. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    After Success at One Amazon Warehouse, Union Rejected at 2nd NYC Facility (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    A separate election held last month gave a nascent group of organizers a surprise victory when workers at a different Staten Island facility voted in favor of unionizing — a first for Amazon in the U.S.

  23. NBC New York

    Amazon Workers in NYC Reject Union in Reversal of Fortune (opens NBC New York)

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    NBC New York's feed description

    A separate election held last month gave a nascent group of organizers a surprise victory when workers at a different Staten Island facility voted in favor of unionizing — a first for Amazon in the U.S.

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