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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Steven Greenhouse

‘People feel intimidated’: the battle to unionize second US Amazon warehouse

Amazon workers protest at the Staten Island warehouse in New York, on 1 April 2022.
Amazon workers protest at the Staten Island warehouse in New York, on 1 April. Photograph: Andrea Renault/AFP/Getty Images

Heather Goodall, a 50-year-old Amazon worker, began pushing for a union at her Amazon warehouse just outside Albany, New York, largely because she was alarmed about safety problems – items often fell off the warehouse’s 27ft-high racks, she said.

“We’ve had packers who had items fall on them. Several complained about concussions,” Goodall said. “You can see wires protruding out. It could cause lacerations. It might take someone’s eyes out.”

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