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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Michael Sainato

‘War of attrition’: why union victories for US workers at Amazon have stalled

Amazon workers sort packages at an Amazon delivery station  in Alpharetta, Georgia, in November 2022.
Amazon workers sort packages at an Amazon delivery station in Alpharetta, Georgia, in November 2022. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

A year ago, Amazon workers in Staten Island, New York won a “historic” victory – overcoming a multimillion-dollar campaign by the multibillion-dollar corporation to win the right to organize Amazon’s first-ever union.

A year on from that victory – which labor leaders had hoped would trigger a wave of union victories – is looking less momentous and another union election win at Amazon has remained elusive.

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