Amazon Workers In Staten Island Seek To Unionize

Organizers of Amazon workers in Staten Island are shrugging off the campaign of Jeff Bezos and the company’s management to prevent its hourly-paid workers from unionizing, Karen Weise and Carol Murphy Marcos reported for the New York Times.

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The organizers say they will have enough signatures by Monday to file for an election with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

Earlier, Amazon waged a feverish campaign in Bessemer, Alabama to prevent Amazon workers from unionizing where the state has a lower minimum wage. The result of the vote was questioned by the union and NLRB ordered another vote.

Tucked in four plastic tubs in a tent by a Staten Island bus stop are stacks of cards with valuable autographs: the signatures of more than 1,700 hourly Amazon workers.

“I, the undersigned, authorize the Amazon Labor Union to represent me for the purpose of collective bargaining,” the cards read.

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