The outcome of the election could have important implications for labor relations at Amazon, the nation’s second-largest employer.
The Amazon Labor Union has filed 27 unfair-labor-practice charges to the National Labor Relations Board related to Amazon’s conduct at the Albany facility since July, alleging that the company illegally fired workers and prohibited employees from “access[ing] Amazon buildings or work areas during off-duty periods.” The NLRB,In recent days, the union said Amazon has
against employees tasked with observing the election, in violation of their union rights. Company officials have threatened to take away unpaid time off and challenged one worker’s vote, union lawyers said.“A lot of these employees for the very first time are interacting with the unionizing process and are having their rights violated,” said Retu Singla, an attorney for the Amazon Labor Union. “Amazon is acting with impunity, and we have no ability to stop them.
Flaningan, the Amazon spokesman, said Amazon does not retaliate against employees for exercising their labor rights. The Amazon Labor Union faces steep odds in increasing its union foothold at the company. At the Staten Island warehouse, union officials have yet to get the company to bargain a contract. Recently, an NLRB officialAmazon’s request to throw out the results of the Staten Island election. However, Amazon could also spend years appealing the result and delaying bargaining with the union.
Organizers at the warehouse near Albany said Amazon has poured its resources into hiring “union avoidance” consultants who have held mandatory anti-union meetings and circulated “vote no” fliers to influence workers. The company also repeatedly disciplined the warehouse’s lead organizer.
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