Amazon.com Inc labor organizer Christian Smalls was arrested on Wednesday after allegedly trespassing on company property, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) said.
Smalls, a former Amazon employee, had been dropping off food for workers ahead of a high-profile union election he is leading at a company warehouse in Staten Island, New York, said Seth Goldstein, a pro bono attorney representing Smalls' group known as the Amazon Labor Union.
A majority vote in favor of unionizing at either worksite would mark a victory for those seeking to invigorate the U.S. labor movement. Sienna Fontaine, the organization's general counsel, called for the immediate release of all three and for the "cessation of Amazon's anti-union activities at the JFK8 facility."
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