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Amazon workers in New York City have two words for Jeff Bezos: Ha ha

Workers in Staten Island formed the first Amazon union in the US. Their victory makes Bezos’s space flight seem like small fry

The Guardian - US

Stocks Edge Higher, Week Ahead, Tesla, Starbucks And Amazon - Five Things You Must Know

Stock futures edge higher, yield curve inversion deepens; Week Ahead: Fedd minutes in focus as rate bets accelerate; Tesla shares bump higher after record Q1 deliveries; Starbucks to suspend share buybacks under CEO Howard Schultz and Amazon workers in Staten Island vote to form union

The Street

Editorial: Power in a union: The win at a Staten Island Amazon warehouse is historic indeed

Two years ago, e-commerce giant Amazon devised a strategy to make fired Staten Island, New York, warehouse worker Chris Smalls the face of the union organizing movement at the company, as its general counsel wrote in an internal memo that the former employee was “not smart or articulate.”

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Union chief vows to pressure Amazon after historic New York vote

Teamsters’ Sean O’Brien says it’s vital to organize Amazon, asserting that the e-commerce company has ‘total disrespect’ for its workers

The Guardian - US

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.”

Tribune News Service

House launches probe into Amazon’s storm protocols after six workers killed by tornado

The House letter announcing its probe was sent just a day before workers at an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island voted to unionise

The Independent UK

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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AOC called out after big Amazon win

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

Salon

In first for Amazon, NYC workers vote to unionize

The victory was an uphill battle for the independent group, made up of former and current workers who lacked official backing from an established union and were out-gunned by the deep-pocketed retail giant.

Chicago Sun-Times

Amazon Workers Vote To Unionize Warehouse: What Does It Mean For The Stock?

In a historic first for Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), workers at a Staten Island warehouse voted in favor of forming a union, CNBC reported live Friday around noon.

Benzinga

Amazon warehouse workers on Staten Island vote to unionize

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

Axios

Amazon workers declare victory with first-ever US union in company history

‘The people have spoken and the people wanted a union’

The Independent UK

Labor groups close in on Amazon in two tight union elections

Labor organizers always knew it would be tough to convince Amazon workers to unionize

The Independent UK

Grassroots labor group takes on Amazon in NYC union fight

An independent group formed by former and current Amazon workers is trying to unionize a company warehouse in New York City

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Amazon tries to stave off union drive on two fronts

Amazon is gearing up for its toughest labor fight yet

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.

Benzinga

Amazon Prepares To Face Warehouse Union Vote In New York: WSJ

Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) would face union elections at separate warehouses in the pro-union New York City in April, the Wall Street Journal reports. The current and former workers at Amazon’s largest Staten Island warehouse look to become the first group of Amazon employees to unionize in the U.S. The JFK8 warehouse, which…

The Independent UK

2nd Amazon warehouse in NYC to hold union election in April

A federal labor board says a second Amazon warehouse in the New York City borough of Staten Island will have a union election in April

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Pete Davidson headed to space on Blue Origin

Pete Davidson is moving up in the world, from Staten Island to space.

The Independent UK

Not just humans: Study finds NYC omicron spike hit deer too

When New York City’s COVID-19 rates spiked last December due to the emerging omicron variant, humans weren’t the only mammals affected

The Philadelphia Inquirer

NY priest is charged with molesting a Philadelphia boy decades ago

A Staten Island priest has been charged with molesting a Philadelphia boy from 1995 until 2002, beginning when the child was 10 years old.

AFP

Amazon accused of anti-union tactics in New York

San Francisco (AFP) - US labor authorities have filed a complaint accusing e-commerce giant Amazon of using threats and surveillance against its workers trying to organize a union at a New York City warehouse.

The Independent UK

Staten Island man arrested for submitting fake positive Covid tests to get workers’ comp

Authorities say Ajani Shaw used six fake Covid positive results to claim workers’ benefits

The Independent UK

Staten Island man arrested for submitting fake positive Covid tests to stay home from work

Authorities say Ajani Shaw used six fake Covid positive results to claim workers’ benefits

The Independent UK

Pete Davidson and Colin Jost buy Staten Island ferry for $280,000

New owners are reportedly planning to turn vessel into ‘live entertainment event space’

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