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Why did Amazon workers win the fight to form a union in Staten Island but not in Alberta?

Amazon workers in Staten Island have achieved something the company has been fighting for years to prevent: a union.

The Conversation

Commentary: Amazon workers scored a huge union victory but face a tough road ahead

The union victory at Amazon’s JFK8 facility in Staten Island was truly remarkable. A majority of the employees there voted last week for union representation despite the company’s hard-nosed union avoidance tactics, marking the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the company’s history.

Los Angeles Times

‘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

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How Kelsie Whitmore Became the Face of Women’s Baseball Progress

The 23-year-old signed with the Atlantic League’s Staten Island FerryHawks on Thursday. She hopes she won’t be the last.

Sports Illustrated

Amazon To Appeal Its Defeat To New York Union

Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) looks to appeal its loss to New York union organizers, the Wall Street Journal reports. Roughly 55% of the workers who cast valid votes from a Staten Island facility named JFK8 chose to side with Amazon Labor Union. WSJ notes that Amazon has accused the union organizers of threatening…

Benzinga

Amazon plans to object to union win in New York

Amazon plans to file objections to the union election on Staten Island, New York that resulted in the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the company’s history

The Independent UK

Joe Biden put Amazon in his awkward crosshairs

While the president’s pro-union comment was probably sincere, it also inadvertently highlighted his ties with the e-commerce giant.

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Amazon workers' union victory is turbocharging a new labor movement

Other big companies fear they'll be next.

Axios

Workers used Amazon's tactics against it

Union organizers say Jeff Bezos' company's tactics backfired at Staten Island warehouse

Salon

Amazon's first-ever union overcomes hurdles, faces new ones

A stunning upset in a union election on Staten Island had brought sudden exposure to the organizers and worker advocates who realized victory for the nascent Amazon Labor Union when so many other more established labor groups had failed before them

The Independent UK

Kim Kardashian 'meets boyfriend Pete Davidson's grandparents in Staten Island'

Keeping Up With The Kardashians star Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson have been dating for several months and have reportedly taken the relationship to the next step

Daily Mirror

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

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.”

Tribune News Service

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

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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 Independent UK

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

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.

Salon

AOC called out after big Amazon win

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

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Chicago Sun-Times

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.

Benzinga

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.

Axios

Amazon warehouse workers on Staten Island vote to unionize

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

The Independent UK

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

The Independent UK

Amazon tries to stave off union drive on two fronts

Amazon is gearing up for its toughest labor fight yet

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