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
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.
Warehouse workers cast 2,654 votes in favor of a union, giving the fledgling Amazon Labor Union enough support to pull off a victory. According to the National Labor Relations Board, which is overseeing the process, 2,131 workers rejected the union bid.
Despite heavy lobbying by the company, workers at the facility voted by a wide margin for a union. It was seen as a rebuke of the company’s treatment of its employees.
Warehouse workers at an Amazon fulfillment center on Staten Island have voted to join the upstart Amazon Labor Union, making it the first Amazon facility in the U.S. to unionize.
Union supporters at the JFK8 facility secured a wide enough margin to give the fledgling Amazon Labor Union, spearheading the union effort, enough support to pull off a win.
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business 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 bootstrapped effort led by a fired employee.
Welcome to This Week in Employer Conquests, where we recap the week’s union-busting wins and cheer profiteering oligarchs around the country. (Happy April Fools' Day)! Okay, now let’s get into it. Staten Island Amazon workers win a union: The vote total was not close: 2,654 yes votes to 2,131 no vot…
An Amazon warehouse on New York’s Staten Island became the first in the country to vote in favor of unionizing, a major blow for the retail and e-commerce giant.
The Staten Island Amazon warehouse is the first to successfully vote to unionize in the U.S. in a move that could herald a new era for labor at the company.
Amazon workers at a Staten Island warehouse voted to form a union. It's the first successful campaign in the country, and likely to kick off a wave of organizing at other warehouses.
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