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Amazon union leader hits back at Lindsey Graham in Senate hearing: ‘You should listen’

‘You forgot that the people are the ones who make these companies operate’

The Independent UK

New York Amazon workers deal setback to union drive

New York (AFP) - Workers at an Amazon facility in New York have roundly voted against unionization -- dealing a setback to a burgeoning organized labor movement one month after a landmark win at a nearby warehouse.

AFP

Amazon defeats drive to unionize second New York facility

Amazon.com Inc. workers at a facility in New York voted not to join an upstart union only weeks after the group won a resounding victory at a warehouse across the street.

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Amazon Gets a Major Win That Could Limit Its Big Problem

Workers at Amazon's second, smaller Staten Island warehouse voted against joining its union.

The Street

Christian Smalls, the unlikely union leader who took on Amazon

New York (AFP) - In his colorful jacket emblazoned with the slogan "Eat the rich," Christian Smalls is accosted from all sides as he walks by the bus stop where he spent countless hours trying to convince Amazon employees to form a union.

AFP

Second Amazon site in New York kicks off vote on joining union

New York (AFP) - Workers at an Amazon sorting center in New York began voting Monday on whether to join the Amazon Labor Union, which recently became the first union at the e-commerce giant in the United States.

AFP

Bernie Sanders, AOC rally Amazon workers

If Jeff Bezos can afford a $500 million yacht, Sanders said, he can afford to pay living wages

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Amazon labor organizers push for second union victory in New York

About 1,500 eligible workers at LDJ5 sorting center on Staten Island vote in union ballot, after recent success at JFK8 warehouse

The Guardian - US

Amazon union head sparks Fox News debate

Smalls rejected Carlson's attempt to pit the labor movement against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — is it enough?

Salon

‘The model is listening’: union’s win at Amazon hatched in a small apartment

A suburban two-bedroom apartment was the HQ from which Amazon’s multimillion-dollar anti-union effort was defeated

The Guardian - US

Amazon labor leader eyes national push after New York win

New York (AFP) - Leaders of the Amazon unionization campaign have heard from workers at some 100 other company facilities following last week's upset election win in New York, the union's president said Friday.

AFP

Amazon workers' union victory is turbocharging a new labor movement

Other big companies fear they'll be next.

Axios

Amazon union leader slams AOC: 'She doesn't deserve this moment'

‘Leading up to the rally everything was good up until the last second,’ Chris Smalls says

The Independent UK

After Amazon workers’ union victory the Fed must stop tipping the scales for bosses

A post-Covid jobs recovery has strengthened workers’ hand – companies posting record profits don’t need government to slow the economy

The Guardian - US

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Amazon's Big Problem Gets Bigger

The e-commerce giant used to be a fortress, but that's not the case anymore.

Tribune News Service

Amazon union win in NYC holds potential to spread far and wide

Two years ago Amazon.com Inc.’s general counsel suggested focusing public attention on fired employee and labor activist Christian Smalls because he “wasn’t smart or articulate.”

The Street

Amazon Receives a Violent Slap That Sends Warning to Other Tech Giants

The group founded by Jeff Bezos has been facing a showdown for several years now, in which it has just lost an important round.

Tribune News Service

Amazon workers in NY vote to form first US union in company’s history in ‘huge shock’

Workers at an Amazon warehouse on Staten Island voted to form the first U.S. union in the mammoth multinational company’s history, according to a count of the historic labor election completed Friday.

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Salon

AOC called out after big Amazon win

The progressive lawmaker was scolded by union organizers for celebrating their landmark victory

Axios

Amazon warehouse workers on Staten Island vote to unionize

It's a landmark moment for organized labor and the e-commerce behemoth Amazon.

AFP

Yes or No? Amazon union vote gets underway in New York

Staten Island (United States) (AFP) - Under hazy skies and in the calm of morning, workers waited patiently in line outside the JFK8 warehouse Friday for a say on whether to establish Amazon's first US labor union.

AFP

Amazon faces rising union push in United States

New York (AFP) - Christian Smalls no longer works at Amazon's JFK8 warehouse in New York, but he still sees former colleagues every day at the bus stop as they head into work.

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