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Nearly 9,000 Amazon workers on Thursday began what they are calling "the largest strike against Amazon in U.S. history," targeting facilities in New York City, Atlanta, Southern California, San ...
Amazon workers are planning a massive day of action on Black Friday in an effort to draw attention to alleged exploitation on the part of the online retail giant.. Protests and strikes in more ...
Other efforts to organize have failed, including at Amazon facilities in Alabama in 2021 and New York in 2022. "Amazon's relentless pursuit of profit comes at a cost to workers, the environment ...
Ocasio-Cortez said that restoring the city's subway system would be a better use for the money, despite a statement by New York governor Andrew Cuomo that the state would benefit economically. [387] Politico then reported that 1,500 affordable homes had been planned for the land occupied by Amazon's new office. [388]
The Amazon Labor Union (ALU) is a labor union specifically for Amazon workers, created on April 20, 2021. [1] On April 1, 2022, the Amazon workers at a warehouse in Staten Island, JFK8, backed by the ALU became the first unionized Amazon workers recognized by the National Labor Relations Board. [2] In June 2024 the union became affiliated with ...
Protesters holding signs outside John F. Kennedy International Airport's Terminal 4. In late January and early February 2017, during protests against Executive Order 13769, commonly referred to as the “Muslim ban,” thousands of people gathered at various airports in the United States and around the world to protest the attempt by the Trump administration to prevent the prohibition of ...
Editor's Note: Teamsters officially went on strike at 6 a.m. Thursday, forming a picket line outside the Amazon warehouse in Maspeth, Queens. NEW YORK — The Teamsters union is launching a strike ...
Amazon warehouse workers outside the National Labor Relations Board October 25, 2021. On April 1, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board announced that Amazon workers at the JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island, New York City voted to approve the union. 2,654 voted in favor of a union while 2,131 voted against a union.