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National

Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama might get a third try at unionizing

5:01am April 25, 2024

by Alina Selyukh

Federal officials threw out the first vote, ruling that Amazon improperly interfered. The results of the second vote remain inconclusive. The federal government now determines what happens next.

Organizer Heather Goodall, who works at Amazon's warehouse near Albany, N.Y., leads supporters of the Amazon Labor Union in a march on Oct. 10.

National

Amazon workers vote against unionizing at upstate NY warehouse

4:26pm October 18, 2022

This marks the second loss for the upstart Amazon Labor Union, which previously formed Amazon's first unionized U.S. warehouse in Staten Island. Amazon is still fighting that historic first union win.

A truck arrives at the Amazon warehouse in Staten Island, N.Y., which became the company's first unionized U.S. facility in the spring.

Amazon warehouse workers in Albany will vote on unionization in October

2:02pm September 14, 2022

by Alina Selyukh

About 400 workers will vote on whether to join the upstart Amazon Labor Union, which in the spring won a historic vote to form the company's first unionized U.S. warehouse in Staten Island.

Workers line up to vote on unionization at Amazon's warehouse in Staten Island on March 25.

National

Amazon loses key step in its attempt to reverse its workers' historic union vote

7:40pm September 01, 2022

by Alina Selyukh

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 Island.

The National Labor Relations Board is holding a hearing to consider Amazon's objections to the union election at a warehouse on Staten Island. Amazon is seeking a new election.

Economy

Amazon seeks to overturn historic Staten Island union victory at labor hearing

11:27am June 13, 2022

by Andrea Hsu

The National Labor Relations Board is considering Amazon's objections to a union election that resulted in the first unionized Amazon warehouse in the U.S.

Workers at Amazon's warehouse on Staten Island in New York will vote on whether to unionize, becoming the second U.S. warehouse to get such an election.

National

Amazon labor push escalates as workers at New York warehouse win a union vote

8:10pm February 17, 2022

by Alina Selyukh

Amazon will face two union elections at once. Federal officials have set a union vote for Amazon workers at a Staten Island warehouse, coinciding with the ongoing re-do election in Bessemer, Ala.

A retail union representative holds a sign by the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., during the first union election in March 2021.

National

Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama vote for second time in union effort

5:09am February 04, 2022

by Alina Selyukh

Last year, Alabama workers voted against forming the first unionized Amazon warehouse in the U.S. Then, federal labor officials said Amazon unfairly influenced that election. Now, a re-vote begins.

Workers and supporters hold signs after filing a petition requesting an election to form a union outside the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) regional office in the Brooklyn Borough of New York, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 25, 2021. Amazon.com Inc. workers

National

Amazon warehouse workers in New York file for a union vote

5:55pm October 25, 2021

by Alina Selyukh

Amazon workers in New York plan to take an initial step toward forming a union. Organizers say they have collected some 2,000 signatures for a union vote from warehouse workers on Staten Island.

Amazon workers hold a walkout over conditions at a Staten Island warehouse in March 2020.

National

Amazon warehouse workers on Staten Island push for union vote

3:56pm October 21, 2021

by Alina Selyukh

Some 2,000 workers from four facilities have signed cards seeking an election to form a union, according to organizers.