Amazon.com Inc staff included the words 'union,' 'grievance,' and 'living wage' on a preliminary list of terms to block from an internal messaging app it was considering creating to boost worker morale, The Intercept reported on Monday.
The news fueled concern about the retailer's approach to organized labor, days after employees at a warehouse in Staten Island, New York, voted to form Amazon's first union in the United States.The Athena Coalition, a labor and activist group that is critical of Amazon, posted on Twitter, "This needs to stop."
Workers stand in line to cast ballots for a union election at Amazon's JFK8 distribution center, in the Staten Island borough of New York City, U.S., March 25, 2022. Amazon said it had no plans to screen many of the words highlighted by The Intercept, which cited company documents and a person familiar with a November 2021 executive meeting on the project. The idea was to foster community and encourage high-performers while preventing "the dark side of social media," The Intercept reported.
Amazon JFK8 distribution center union organizer Jason Anthony waves as he speaks to the press about preliminary results regarding the vote to unionize, outside the NLRB offices in Brooklyn, New York City, U.S., April 1, 2022. It added: "The only kinds of words that may be screened are ones that are offensive or harassing, which is intended to protect our team."
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