Union leader Chris Smalls became the first successful organizer of Amazon workers in the U.S. He’s now popping a bottle of champagne.
Thousands of workers at the JFK8 Amazon warehouse on Staten Island voted to join the Amazon Labor Union on Friday, marking the first U.S. Amazon warehouse to vote to join a union in a federally recognized election.
It was a momentous moment — not only had Amazon workers voted to join a union but also they voted to join the independent effort organized by Smalls. The Amazon Labor Union, which Smalls formed after he was fired from the company, is not backed by any national union with a depth of resources and connections. Instead, it’s made up almost entirely of current and former Amazon workers with an upstart mentality and an inside view into how Amazon operates.
The win Friday came as a surprise to many who had cited the difficulties of organizing a large union-opposed company like Amazon, especially by an independent, nascent union. In April 2021, Smalls, now 33, helped launch the independent union effort, seeking to organize the thousands of Amazon warehouse workers on Staten Island. After starting the Amazon Labor Union, Smalls became the poster boy for the opposition against Amazon.He was a former member of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters before joining Amazon, as well as a rapper early in his career before giving that up to support his two children.
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