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The Amazon Labor Union was founded on April 20, 2021, by a labor-activist group founded by Chris Smalls called The Congress of Essential Workers (TCOEW). Smalls, along with Derrick Palmer, had organized a walkout at the JFK8 facility to protest Amazon's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, which had led to the firing of Smalls.
The union, which claims to represent 10,000 Amazon workers at 10 facilities, said workers in more locations were prepared to join the fight. Beginning on Saturday, that will include Amazon ...
The headline-grabbing union victory at the Amazon facility in Staten Island, New York, in 2022, accelerated an upsurge of labor organizing that took hold nationwide during the pandemic.
An upstart union, the Amazon Labor Union won such a vote at Amazon’s Staten Island facility in April 2022. And that vote was certified by the NLRB. But despite repeated setbacks in court, Amazon ...
The strike is a challenge to Amazon's operations as it races to fulfill orders during its busiest season of the year, although union-represented facilities represent only about 1% of Amazon's ...
The Teamsters union says it also represents Amazon warehouse workers, including thousands of employees at the major New York City fulfillment center who voted to be represented by the Amazon Labor ...
MORE: Amazon workers authorize strike at company's first-ever unionized warehouse. In a news release, the union calls it the "largest strike against Amazon in U.S. history" and says it comes after ...
While an upstart union, the Amazon Labor Union won such a vote at Amazon’s Staten Island facility in April 2022. Other union votes have failed at other Amazon facilities before and since then.