Amazon Labor Union

Teamsters tie up with Staten Island Amazon union, win other elections

The Teamsters union has recorded several organizing or contract-signing victories in the past few weeks, but a step it has taken toward representing at least one group of Amazon workers has garnered the biggest headlines. 

An independent labor union that won representation at a Staten Island, New York, warehouse in 2022, a victory that Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is fighting, has agreed to come under the umbrella of the Teamsters, according to media reports. The Teamsters posted an announcement about...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/teamsters-tie-up-with-staten-island-amazon-union-win-other-elections

Amazon warehouse workers await outcome of another union vote

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For the fourth time this year, Amazon warehouse workers await their fate amid a crucial union vote.

At an Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) facility near Albany, New York, workers over the past several days voted on whether to join the independent Amazon Labor Union (ALU). Results of the election are to be announced Tuesday, and a simple majority would be enough to secure victory pending challenges from Amazon.

The vote, if it passes, would be just the second successful union vote in Amazon’s 28-year...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/amazon-warehouse-workers-await-outcome-of-another-union-vote

Amazon likely to lose key union battle after NLRB recommendation

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There’s a battle brewing in Amazon’s warehouses, and the massive marketplace is losing traction.

A federal labor official with the National Labor Relations Board’s Arizona office on Thursday recommended that the agency uphold a historic union victory at an Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) warehouse in Staten Island, New York.

Following a successful union vote in April, Amazon filed 25 objections with the NLRB against the Amazon Labor Union (ALU) — the group responsible for organizing the vote — including...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/amazon-likely-to-lose-key-union-battle-after-nlrb-recommendation

Amazon earns hearing, placing Staten Island union vote in jeopardy

Amazon prime trailers outside a warehouse

After an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island, JFK-8, voted to unionize in April, the company quickly objected to the results. Now, the National Labor Relations Board is giving the e-commerce giant a chance to plead its case.

The NLRB has stated that Amazon’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) grievances with the Staten Island vote are sufficient to warrant a hearing that could overturn the result, according to multiple reports citing an NLRB filing submitted Friday.

Both Amazon and the Amazon Labor Union (ALU), the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/amazon-earns-hearing-placing-staten-island-union-vote-in-jeopardy

Breaking: Amazon workers reject 2nd Staten Island union after earlier win

Amazon sign pointing to a warehouse, where workers are voting on unionizing

Workers at Amazon’s LDJ-5 facility on Staten Island have voted against joining the newly formed Amazon Labor Union (ALU), according to multiple reports. The outcome is a win for Amazon and a blow to the ALU, which last month secured a union victory at JFK-8, just across the street from LDJ-5.

The vote at LDJ-5 began last Monday and continued throughout the week. The National Labor Relations Board, which presided over both Staten Island union votes, finished tallying the votes on Monday...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/breaking-amazon-workers-reject-2nd-staten-island-union-after-earlier-win

Amazon ends cellphone ban for warehouse workers

An Amazon warehouse sign outside one of the many Amazon facilities that could unionize in the coming months

Earlier this week, Modern Shipper wrote that the Amazon Labor Union’s (ALU) victory at an Amazon fulfillment center on Staten Island had the potential to get the company’s top brass to make some concessions around better workplace conditions. It appears that win may already be bearing fruit.

This week, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) told warehouse employees that it would permanently lift its ban on cellphone access in the workplace worldwide, granting one of the ALU’s several demands. Amazon had banned...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/amazon-ends-cellphone-ban-for-warehouse-workers