Unity is strength. Workers at an Amazon warehouse in New York voted overwhelmingly in favor of forming a union, a first in the United States for the e-commerce giant since it was founded nearly 30 years ago . According to a count broadcast online, 2,654 employees ticked “yes” to be represented by the Amazon Labor Union, created almost a year ago, against 2,131 who voted “no”.
History: The first Amazon warehouse to successfully unionize is JFK8 on Staten Island. @Shut_downAmazon of @amazonlabor celebrates: pic.twitter.com/mDSqY9EE0I
— Emily Ngo (@emilyngo) April 1, 2022
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Chris Smalls, the president of the almost a year ago Amazon Labor Union, which led this fight that was far from won, popped the cork and took a sip of champagne for the occasion, throwing in front of the cameras: “No words can describe this feeling. We sweat blood and tears for this moment! »
A total of 8,325 workers at the JFK8 warehouse located in the Staten Island district, in a large industrial area, were on the voting list, even if some no longer work at Amazon. They were called to vote in person in a tent set up in front of the building, from April 25 to 30. 4,852 people slipped a ballot into the ballot box.
Balloting in Alabama
Amazon, one of the largest employers in the United States, had so far succeeded in repelling the desires of employees wishing to regroup in the country. The group also faces two other battles. On the other side of the street from the JFK8 warehouse, some 1,500 employees of the sorting center called LDJ5 are called upon to vote for or against the creation of another branch of the ALU, from April 25 to 29.
Further south in the country, in Bessemer, Alabama, the national distribution union RWDSU, which employees wanted to join, seemed set for a possible second contested defeat. Thursday evening, the “no” led with 993 ballots, against 875 “yes”, but there remained 416 so-called “disputed” ballots, which will decide the result. A hearing must decide in the coming weeks what will be done with these bulletins.
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