A second Amazon warehouse in Staten Island, New York voted on the issue of unionization this week — but this location’s union lost by a landslide. The LDJ5 center voted against organizing alongside the Amazon Labor Union, which formed after another Staten Island location voted in favor of unionizing. Of the warehouse’s 1,600 workers, 618 voted “no” while just 380 voted “yes.”
“No matter the outcome of the election, workers are uniting for change at LDJ5, JFK8, & around the world,” the @amazonlabor Twitter account wrote as the votes were being counted. “Mega-corporations continue to spend millions in union-busting + fear tactics & we continue to organize for a society not based on exploitation and greed...”
