Amazon workers in Alabama will have third labor union vote after …
Nov 7, 2024 · With approximately 6,000 employees, Bessemer in 2021 became the largest U.S. facility to vote on unionization in Amazon’s over 20-year history. Since then, similar battles have ensued at Amazon facilities across the country. Workers in Staten Island, New York, successfully voted to unionize in 2022, becoming the first Amazon union in the U.S.
Amazon workers unionized a year ago and still face ... - NPR
Mar 28, 2023 · Labor organizing surged last year, led by Amazon and Starbucks. A Gallup poll found 71% of Americans approve of unions. Yet only 10% of workers belong to a union, as employers continue to fight...
Amazon Union Workers Join Forces With the Teamsters
Jun 18, 2024 · An affiliation agreement between the Amazon Labor Union and the 1.3 million-member Teamsters signals an escalation in challenging the online retailer.
Amazon Is Cracking Down on Union Organizing, Workers Say
Dec 8, 2023 · In disciplining the employees, Amazon has raised questions about the extent to which they are free to approach co-workers to persuade them to join a union, a federally protected right.
A union for Amazon warehouse workers elects a new leader in …
Jul 30, 2024 · Workers at Amazon’s only unionized warehouse in the U.S. elected new union leaders, according to a vote count completed Tuesday, marking the first major change for the labor group since it established an alliance with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
Amazon Labor Union members vote overwhelmingly in favor of …
Jun 18, 2024 · Amazon’s union workers are aligning themselves with the Teamsters, overwhelmingly voting in favor of an affiliation. The union members voted 98.3% in favor of the affiliation, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters said Tuesday, June 18, 2024.
Amazon workers win battle to form first US union - BBC
Apr 1, 2022 · A team of Amazon workers has forced the technology giant to recognise a trade union in the US for the first time. Workers at a New York warehouse voted 55% in favour of joining the Amazon Labor...
Amazon Labor Union joins forces with Teamsters : NPR
Jun 18, 2024 · For two years, Amazon has refused to recognize its single unionized warehouse, organized by the upstart Amazon Labor Union. Now the hefty Teamsters is lending its muscle to the union effort.
Amazon loses key effort to overturn historic union vote. : NPR
Sep 1, 2022 · A federal labor official is recommending a dismissal of Amazon's objections after a lengthy hearing on the company's appeal against the historic union win at a warehouse in New York's Staten...
Workers on Staten Island vote to form Amazon's first union ... - NBC News
Apr 1, 2022 · Out of 4,785 ballots counted, 2,654 workers at a warehouse in Staten Island, New York, voted to join the Amazon Labor Union (ALU), which was formed independently by current and former employees...