Amazon workers unionized a year ago and still face an uphill climb - NPR
Mar 28, 2023 · Labor organizing surged last year, led by Amazon and Starbucks. A Gallup poll found 71% of Americans approve of unions. Yet only 10% of workers belong to a union, as employers continue to...
NLRB Bars Mandatory Anti-Union Meetings After Amazon Draws …
1 day ago · Amazon “can look at this ruling as an opportunity to redirect the tens of millions it spends on union busters each year back into the rightful pockets of workers,” Ms. Deniz said.
How the Teamsters and a Homegrown Union Plan to Take On Amazon
June 18, 2024. After years of organizing Amazon workers and pressuring the company to bargain over wages and working conditions, two prominent unions are teaming up to challenge the online...
A union for Amazon warehouse workers elects a new leader in …
Jul 30, 2024 · Workers at Amazon’s only unionized warehouse in the U.S. elected new union leaders, according to a vote count completed Tuesday, marking the first major change for the labor group since it established an alliance with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
Amazon union workers and the Teamsters have inked a deal
Jun 18, 2024 · Amazon Labor Union (ALU) members voted to affiliate with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in a move they hope will bring new life to a yearslong struggle to secure union contracts for...
Amazon Labor Union joins forces with Teamsters : NPR
Jun 18, 2024 · The independent Amazon Labor Union, which made history organizing the first and only unionized Amazon warehouse, has voted to affiliate with the hefty Teamsters.
Amazon Is Cracking Down on Union Organizing, Workers Say
Dec 8, 2023 · More than a year and a half after Amazon workers on Staten Island voted to form the company’s first union in the United States, the company appears to be taking a harder line toward labor...
Amazon workers in Alabama will have third labor union vote after …
Nov 7, 2024 · With approximately 6,000 employees, Bessemer in 2021 became the largest U.S. facility to vote on unionization in Amazon’s over 20-year history. Since then, similar battles have ensued at Amazon facilities across the country. Workers in Staten Island, New York, successfully voted to unionize in 2022, becoming the first Amazon union in the U.S.
Amazon Labor Union members vote overwhelmingly in favor of …
Jun 18, 2024 · Amazon’s union workers are aligning themselves with the Teamsters, overwhelmingly voting in favor of an affiliation. The union members voted 98.3% in favor of the affiliation, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters said Tuesday, June 18, 2024.
“Union”: New Film Looks at Worker Organizers Who Took On Jeff …
Oct 15, 2024 · The new documentary film Union, premiering this week, follows Amazon workers at the JFK8 fulfillment center on Staten Island as they formed the first-ever U.S. Amazon union in 2022.