In workers versus Amazon, David beats Goliath
The union has been fighting to organise workers in the Staten Island warehouse since April 2021. After a year battling vicious union-busting on the part of Amazon and gathering support of agitated workers, union organisers won their union election with a ??2 654 to 2 131 vote. 67 ballots remain contested.
The union organisers themselves are current or former Amazon workers. The nascent Amazon Labor Union, self-described as an “independent, democratic labour union”, is not formally part of any established union. However, established unions have provided ALU with significant support in the form of office space, lawyers and advisors according to
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