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Why are Amazon workers on strike – and what does it mean for Christmas deliveries?

Amazon Labor Union – comprising 10,000 workers across the US – is striking over the company’s refusal to negotiate

The Guardian - US

How a small group of Amazon workers took on big business and challenged traditional unions

A documentary about unionising the company’s Staten Island warehouse reveals new ways of negotiating with oppressive bosses

The Guardian - UK

‘If we can’t unionise at Amazon, we have no future’: the film about the workers who took on Jeff Bezos and won

From the rousing leader dismissed for leading a walkout to the activists handing out free burgers, pizza and weed, an inspiring new documentary charts the long, hard fight to create the delivery giant’s first union

The Guardian - UK

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Union review – fighting for your rights under the Amazon corporate jackboot

This documentary follows the formation of the Amazon Labor Union, showing how difficult it is for workers working for a company determined to efface their rights

The Guardian - UK

Amazon's Only Unionized Warehouse In U.S. Elects New Leaders

Newly elected leaders at Amazon's Staten Island warehouse aim to negotiate with the company for better working conditions and contracts.

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Amazon Labor Union To Affiliate With Teamsters Amid Battle With E-Commerce Giant

Amazon Labor Union will be affiliating with Teamsters to gain more strength in negotiating for a contract with Amazon.

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Documentary uncovers the difficult battle to unionize at Amazon

Union, premiering at this year’s Sundance film festival, shows the workers trying to organize for better treatment and the company’s attempts to fight them

The Guardian - US

Amazon Labour Union an inspiring starting point, says Justine Medina

Formation of a labour union at e-commerce behemoth Amazon was assumed to be next to impossible, until the Amazon Labor Union (ALU) pulled off just that at the company’s major warehouse at Staten Island in the U.S. in April 2022, with a majority of the workers voting ‘yes’ for the…

The Hindu

Amazon COVID-19 changes and CEO's anti-union comments broke law, Labor Board alleges

Amazon.com Inc. repeatedly violated federal labor law by unilaterally changing policies and terminating union supporters at its sole unionized warehouse, US labor board prosecutors alleged in a complaint, which also accuses Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy of personally making illegal anti-union comments.

Tribune News Service

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

A year after a ‘historic’ victory in Staten Island, New York, hope for a wave of union victories is looking less momentous

The Guardian - US

Amazon loses bid to overturn historic union win on Staten Island warehouse

Amazon should recognize its first unionized warehouse in the U.S., a federal labor official ruled.

WEKU

Amazon workers reject union bid in upstate New York

Warehouse workers near Albany, New York, cast 406 votes — or about 66% — against the union, giving the company enough support to push back the labor group.

Chicago Sun-Times

Blow to Amazon union drive as New York workers reject latest bid

Warehouse workers near Albany vote against forming a union by nearly two to one margin

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WEKU

Amazon workers vote against unionizing at upstate NY warehouse

This marks the second loss for the upstart Amazon Labor Union, which previously formed Amazon's first unionized U.S. warehouse in Staten Island. Amazon is still fighting that historic first union win.

The Independent UK

Labor agency tallies votes in another Amazon union election

The nascent group that secured the first-ever union victory of an Amazon warehouse in the U.S. is set to face a crucial test on Tuesday

The Independent UK

Amazon faces off with union in fight for a second warehouse

The startup union that clinched a historic labor victory at Amazon earlier this year is slated to face the company yet again as it aims to rack up more wins that could force the reluctant retail behemoth to the negotiating table

WEKU

Amazon loses key step in its attempt to reverse its workers' historic union vote

A federal labor official is recommending a dismissal of Amazon's objections after a lengthy hearing on the company's appeal against the historic union win at a warehouse in New York's Staten Island.

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The Independent UK

Amazon workers in upstate New York file for union election

Amazon workers in upstate New York filed a petition for a union election on Tuesday, launching a major labor fight against the company

Tribune News Service

A union drive is underway at Amazon’s huge new North Carolina facility. Can workers win?

The Amazon distribution center in Garner, North Carolina, is massive. Located a few miles southeast of downtown Raleigh, it covers 2 million square feet and houses multiple departments across four floors. The facility, known as RDU1, employs more than 4,000 people who work shifts spanning all hours of the day…

Tribune News Service

Amazon threatened workers over union vote, labor officials find

U.S. labor board prosecutors plan to accuse Amazon.com Inc. of threatening staff that if they unionized it could propose paying them minimum wage and of punishing an employee for seeking a paid Juneteenth holiday.

Benzinga

Amazon Terminates Employees Linked To Warehouse Union

Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) sacked two employees linked to an organizing campaign that led to the company’s first-ever unionized warehouse in the U.S.,

Salon

Amazon union takes fight to the C-suite

As union fights for contracts, big pension funds with billions in Amazon stock plan an assault on corporate board

Tribune News Service

Amazon defeats drive to unionize second New York facility

Amazon.com Inc. workers at a facility in New York voted not to join an upstart union only weeks after the group won a resounding victory at a warehouse across the street.

Benzinga

Amazon Workers Vote Against Unionizing Second Warehouse; Company To Get Hearing That Could Overturn First Union Vote

Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) workers have voted against unionizing a second warehouse in New York City in the borough of Staten Island, known as LDJ5, with 618 to 380 against joining the Labor Union, Reuters reported. The turnout was 61%, It could slow the momentum for labor union advocates that demanded better pay…

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