In a stunning victory, the Amazon Labor Union (ALU) has become the first group in history to unionize a US Amazon warehouse.
of Amazon workers in Staten Island, New York has taken on the trillion dollar e-commerce company, and won. In a stunning victory on Friday, the Amazon Labor Union became the first group in history to unionize a US Amazon warehouse.
The victory is consequential for the labor movement, which considers unionizing Amazon a topmost priority. As the country’s second largest employer, it has become a standard setter for labor conditions in industries far and wide and has drawn fire for itsThe Staten Island results follow a parallel rerun election in Bessemer, Alabama, where the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union in a bid to represent some 6,100 workers.
The upstart union drew skepticism from some corners of the labor movement, who doubted that an inexperienced all-volunteer union with no dues-paying members could take on such a deep-pocketed virulently anti-union company. ALU organizers saw similar skepticism from Amazon in its early days, and used it to their benefit.
But organizers claimed a crucial advantage over established national unions. As Amazon workers, they knew firsthand what associates went through and how to speak to their concerns. “We’re very trusted veterans in our departments, so it’s easy to reach a large number of people, whereas organizers on the outside really can’t do that,” said Spence.
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