New York City warehouse workers who are part of the Amazon Labor Union have overwhelmingly voted to align themselves with the Teamsters as they try to get a contract from the online retailer. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters said Tuesday that the ALU members voted 98.3% in favor of the affiliation.
FILE - Jason Anthony, an Amazon worker and union organizer, keeps track of the ongoing count of votes to unionize an Amazon warehouse outside an office of the National Labor Relations Board in New York, on May 2, 2022. 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. The ALU members voted 98.
“Together, with hard work, courage, and conviction, the Teamsters and ALU will fight fearlessly to ensure Amazon workers secure the good jobs and safe working conditions they deserve in a union contract,” Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien said in a statement.The Amazon Labor Union is the only labor organization to pull off a union win at an Amazon warehouse in the U.S.
Both ALU leaders and the Teamsters agreed to the affiliation earlier this month but the move needed to be ratified by workers.Amazon’s non-corporate workforce. The union has been pushing to organize Amazon’s driving workforce, though that effort hasn’t led to any major wins recognized by the company.
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, created in 1903, has 1.3 million members in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico. O’Brien was elected in 2021 on a platform that emphasized greater organizing at Amazon. While the ratification is viewed by some as a success for the ALU, the grassroots labor group has faced some challenges, including two election losses at other Amazon warehouses and internal strife about its organizing strategy.last year to force an election for new leadership. That election is expected to be held in July outside of the warehouse that voted to unionize, Arthur Schwartz, an attorney who represents the dissident group, said earlier this month.
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