Workers won a headline-grabbing victory in 2022, but remain without a contract.
In this April 24, 2022 file photo, Amazon and union workers attend a rally outside the company building in the Staten Island borough of New York.warehouse voted to authorize a strike on Friday, claiming the tech giant has refused to recognize the union and negotiate a contract at the New York City facility.
"Amazon is pushing its workers closer to the picket line by failing to show them the respect they have earned," Teamsters President Sean O'Brien told ABC News in a statement. "If these white-collar criminals want to keep breaking the law, they better get ready for a fight."A strike authorization vote affords union leadership the ability to declare a work stoppage if deemed appropriate. But the vote does not guarantee that a strike will take place.
So far, those legal challenges by Amazon have failed to overturn the union win. Months after the victory, a hearing officer for the NLRB recommended that the vote should stand. Soon afterward, the NLRB officially certified the union representing workers at the facility, putting Amazon under a legal obligation to bargain in good faith. Amazon appealed the ruling.
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