Warehouse workers cast 2,654 votes in favor of a union, giving the fledgling Amazon Labor Union enough support to pull off a victory. According to the National Labor Relations Board, which is overseeing the process, 2,131 workers rejected the union bid.
Tristan Dutchin, who began working for the online retailer about a year ago, is hopeful that the new union will improve working conditions at his workplace. The union campaigns come at a time of widespread labor unrest at many corporations. Workers at more than 140 Starbucks locations around the country, for instance, have requested unionJohn Logan, director of labor and employment studies at San Francisco State University, said the early vote counts in New York have been “shocking.
In a filing released on Thursday, Amazon disclosed it spent about $4.2 million last year on labor consultants, which organizers say the retailer routinely solicits to persuade workers not to unionize. It’s unclear how much it spent on such services in 2022.
🫠. The industry is wrong, but we must talk about the toxicity of entertainers. I hope there's a follow up. DMX didn't look this way when he passed, & he passed from that jab. This is the last time, I'll cover entertainers, unless in defense of US✊🏿. Goodnight. Not even a b-day
“We want to thank Jeff Bezos for going up to space, because while he was up there, we were organizing a union,” a jubilant Christian Smalls said in remarks outside the NLRB offices in Brooklyn. WHAT A GREAT QUOTE! 🔥 AmazonUnion UnionStrong UnionsForAll
Wowwww
Congrats Amazon Workers 🤟 solidarity
Not an overwhelming vote.
Que the people complaining their Chinese made junk is going to cost more at the expense of people not having to pee in cups, collapse from fatigue, or afford basic life needs.
This country needs a lot more unions.
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