Staten Island is about to be home to the first Amazon Labor Union in America.
Amazon JFK8 distribution center union organizer Jason Anthony speaks to media, on Friday, April 1, 2022, in Staten Island, New York.warehouse in the United States. The election, conducted by the National Labor Relations Board, saw a vote count of 2,654 in favor and 2,131 against. If the board certifies the results, employees at the JFK8 fulfillment center will join a new independent labor group called the Amazon Labor Union — and Amazon will have to bargain with it.
, citing U.S. Labor Department documents the company filed on Thursday. High on its radar was Chris Smalls, a former Amazon worker at JFK8 who organized a strike over lack of protective measures for workers in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. The companySmalls, claiming he flouted social distancing guidelines. He, along with JFK8 employee Derrick Palmer, launched a unionization campaign that many commentators believed would have a slim chance of success.
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