Published 2 years ago

Amazon Labor Union faces next showdown in upstate New York

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The Amazon Labor Union has built momentum leading up to an election starting Oct. 12 at an 800-person warehouse near Albany, N.Y. The New York Times reports that a federal labor official recently endorsed the union’s election victory at a Staten Island warehouse in April, which Amazon has challenged, while workers’ frustrations over pay and safety have created an opportunity to add supporters and to pressure the company to bargain.

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Amazon Labor Union faces next showdown in upstate New York

In April, a grassroots worker group made history by gaining enough votes to form the first US union at an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island, New York, in what was widely viewed as a "David vs. Goliath" battle. The next month, that same group, the Amazon Labor Union (ALU), fell short at a smaller facility across the street.

2 years ago·Atlanta, United States

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KVIA

Amazon Labor Union faces next showdown in upstate New York

By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business In April, a grassroots worker group made history by gaining enough votes to form the first US union at an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island, New York, in what was widely viewed as a “David vs. Goliath” battle. The next month, that same group, the Amazon Labor Union (ALU), fell

2 years ago·Panama City, United States

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Business Insider

Amazon Labor Union, With Renewed Momentum, Faces Next Test

A vote this week at a warehouse near Albany, N.Y., will help show whether the upstart union can win outside its home base on Staten Island.Read mo...

2 years ago·United States

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Fox Business

Amazon workers in Upstate NY begin voting on whether to unionize

Amazon workers in a town near Albany, New York are voting on whether to join the Amazon Labor Union, which nabbed its first win last April on Staten Island.

2 years ago·United States

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Gwinnett Daily Post

Amazon Labor Union faces next showdown in upstate New York

2 years ago

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Truthout

California Amazon Workers File to Join Amazon Labor Union

Amazon workers at a warehouse in Moreno Valley, California, have filed to join Amazon Labor Union (ALU), the independent union behind the first ever successful unionization at an Amazon warehouse earlier this year.Workers had announced their union drive last month, writing in a GoFundMe appeal earlier this year that workers at the facility are “overlooked, overworked and underpaid.” If successful, they will be the second or third Amazon warehous…

2 years ago·Sacramento, United States

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