Amazon

Union democracy

Jun 20, 2024

ALU represents about 8,300 workers at Amazon’s warehouse in Staten Island, New York. But they've struggled to win a first contract.

Union Organizing

Jan 18, 2023

Amazon held up the certification for nine months through legal objections, but the NLRB has again dismissed Amazon's complaints.

Union Organizing

Aug 24, 2022

Amazon Labor Union, which unionized an Amazon warehouse in April, announced it’s organizing at a facility near Albany, New York.

Union Organizing

Apr 21, 2022

Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island, New York, have voted 2,654 to 2,131 to join the brand-new grassroots Amazon Labor Union.

Union Organizing

Mar 17, 2022

NLRB ordered a new election after Amazon broke labor law at its Alabama warehouse. Ballots, mailed out Feb. 4, will be counted March 28.

Jobs

Feb 16, 2022

Local building trade unions have been picketing the colossal construction site to protest out-of-state contractors and subpar wages.

National

Jan 7, 2022

It’s one of the most far-reaching settlements to date after Amazon was found guilty of trampling workers’ rights to unionize.

Union Organizing

Dec 16, 2021

Amazon’s “flagrant disregard” for labor law was so egregious that a new election must be held at its distribution center in Bessemer.

Union Organizing

Apr 14, 2021

At the Bessemer "fulfillment center" workers rejected the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union 738 to 1,798.