: “We officially have been certified by Region 28 NLRB. Congratulations Amazon Labor Union. We beat Amazon fair and square [and] now is time to sign a CONTRACT! Come to the table Andy Jassy.”After the historic victory at JFK8 last year, efforts to unionize Amazon warehouse workers across the country have struggled., these attempts have been hindered by high turnover at Amazon’s warehouses and the company’s efforts to bring in outside consultants to discourage workers from unionizing.
that the company disregarded health and safety requirements like contact tracing and proper ventilation.In a historic vote in March last year, a majority of the nearly 8,300 workers at Amazon’s JFK8 warehouse voted in favor of unionization, becoming the first unionized warehouse in the company’s history. The union, however, lost two subsequent votes later in the year—one at a second Staten Island warehouse called LDJ5 in May and a second at a warehouse in Albany, New York in October.