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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

‘Don’t quit. Organize’: Amazon union push spreads it wings after New York success

Workers in North Carolina, Maryland and Kentucky bid to become unionized as criticism of Jeff Bezos’s retail monolith grows

The Guardian - US

Amazon's budding union just lost an important vote in New York

The Amazon Labor Union is nowhere near ready to give up, though.

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Bernie Sanders, AOC rally Amazon workers

If Jeff Bezos can afford a $500 million yacht, Sanders said, he can afford to pay living wages

Salon

Amazon labor organizers push for second union victory in New York

About 1,500 eligible workers at LDJ5 sorting center on Staten Island vote in union ballot, after recent success at JFK8 warehouse

The Guardian - US

Commentary: Amazon workers scored a huge union victory but face a tough road ahead

The union victory at Amazon’s JFK8 facility in Staten Island was truly remarkable. A majority of the employees there voted last week for union representation despite the company’s hard-nosed union avoidance tactics, marking the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the company’s history.

Los Angeles Times

Amazon To Appeal Its Defeat To New York Union

Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) looks to appeal its loss to New York union organizers, the Wall Street Journal reports. Roughly 55% of the workers who cast valid votes from a Staten Island facility named JFK8 chose to side with Amazon Labor Union. WSJ notes that Amazon has accused the union organizers of threatening…

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Workers used Amazon's tactics against it

Union organizers say Jeff Bezos' company's tactics backfired at Staten Island warehouse

Salon

Amazon Prepares To Face Warehouse Union Vote In New York: WSJ

Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) would face union elections at separate warehouses in the pro-union New York City in April, the Wall Street Journal reports. The current and former workers at Amazon’s largest Staten Island warehouse look to become the first group of Amazon employees to unionize in the U.S. The JFK8 warehouse, which…

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