planning to follow their lead. Amazon, the second-largest private employer in the U.S., operates over 1,000 fulfillment facilities nationwide.
Some unions have fewer broad concerns, but want to make an official channel for workers to voice any grievances that come up safely. Starbucks, for instance, filed petitions for union elections this spring with hopes to mitigate understaffing issues and improve workplace health conditions at their store. Now, over 100 Starbucks stores nationwide have also petitioned to unionize, each with their own local issues raised.
“You can start off really, really small. If you have a person or two that you trust to say, you know, what do you like about working here? What do you not like? How do you think we can change that?” Sweeney says. “Organizing is about getting a group of workers together who are interested in having a say in making their workplaces better.” Peterson recalls that the original GMG Union began with just a few interested staffers joining together to talk.
Once union interest is established, eligible workers develop an organizing committee. Then they sign up colleagues, collecting signed cards that signify interest in participating in the union; they need to collect cards from at least 30% of eligible workers. These cards are submitted to the state or federal labor board as the basis of a formal petition to hold an election at the company. The point of the election: confirm that the workers want the union.
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