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Democratic congresswoman joins Bernie Sanders in Staten Island and says workers’ successful effort was ‘first domino to fall’

In the aftermath of their hard-won labor victory, Amazon workers in the New York City borough of Staten Island popped Champagne, cheered their victory and danced in celebration

Editorial: A famous victory for the tech giant’s employees in Staten Island can be a catalyst for change

Amazon workers in Staten Island have achieved something the company has been fighting for years to prevent: a union.

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.

A suburban two-bedroom apartment was the HQ from which Amazon’s multimillion-dollar anti-union effort was defeated

The 23-year-old signed with the Atlantic League’s Staten Island FerryHawks on Thursday. She hopes she won’t be the last.

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…

Amazon plans to file objections to the union election on Staten Island, New York that resulted in the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the company’s history