Amazon warehouse workers in New York made history voting for a union last week. But as the dust settles on the vote, questions remain about how much the company may push back at the union — and any other efforts that attempt to follow in its footsteps.
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, or articulate.
But on Friday, the results of that election showed that employees at the Staten Island, New York, facility voted overwhelmingly in favor of unionizing with Amazon Labor Union , the grassroots labor organization started by Smalls and other current and former Amazon employees of the facility. The move marks the first time a group of US workers have successfully voted to form a union in Amazon's 27-year history.
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