Amazon Workers Win Historic Fight, Establishing First Unionized Amazon Warehouse in America
in Staten Island, NY, on Friday, becoming the first unionized Amazon warehouse in America. The independent union, which is led by current and former warehouse workers and unaffiliated with traditional labor heavyweight outfits like the Teamsters, won the election by more than 500 votes: 2,654 to 2,131. This was a realThe company’s JFK8 facility employees more than 8,000 people.
The victory was announced outside the National Labor Relations Board building in Brooklyn, NY, before 1 p.m. EDT. “My team has been amazing, the way we’ve been organizing camping out for the last 11 months in front of the building, occupying the breakroom. I didn’t expect nothing less,” Amazon Labor Union President Chris SmallsThe victory is historic, not only because of their workplace, but because the union is independent.
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