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Why are Amazon workers on strike – and what does it mean for Christmas deliveries?

Amazon Labor Union – comprising 10,000 workers across the US – is striking over the company’s refusal to negotiate

The Guardian - US · Dec 19, 2024

How a small group of Amazon workers took on big business and challenged traditional unions

A documentary about unionising the company’s Staten Island warehouse reveals new ways of negotiating with oppressive bosses

The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2024

‘If we can’t unionise at Amazon, we have no future’: the film about the workers who took on Jeff Bezos and won

From the rousing leader dismissed for leading a walkout to the activists handing out free burgers, pizza and weed, an inspiring new documentary charts the long, hard fight to create the delivery giant’s first union

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2024

Documentary uncovers the difficult battle to unionize at Amazon

Union, premiering at this year’s Sundance film festival, shows the workers trying to organize for better treatment and the company’s attempts to fight them

The Guardian - US · Jan 22, 2024

Amazon Labour Union an inspiring starting point, says Justine Medina

Formation of a labour union at e-commerce behemoth Amazon was assumed to be next to impossible, until the Amazon Labor Union (ALU) pulled off just that at the company’s major warehouse at Staten Island in the U.S. in April 2022, with a majority of the workers voting ‘yes’ for the…

The Hindu · May 24, 2023

Amazon COVID-19 changes and CEO's anti-union comments broke law, Labor Board alleges

Amazon.com Inc. repeatedly violated federal labor law by unilaterally changing policies and terminating union supporters at its sole unionized warehouse, US labor board prosecutors alleged in a complaint, which also accuses Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy of personally making illegal anti-union comments.

Tribune News Service · May 23, 2023

‘War of attrition’: why union victories for US workers at Amazon have stalled

A year after a ‘historic’ victory in Staten Island, New York, hope for a wave of union victories is looking less momentous

The Guardian - US · Apr 8, 2023

Amazon loses bid to overturn historic union win on Staten Island warehouse

Amazon should recognize its first unionized warehouse in the U.S., a federal labor official ruled.

WEKU · Jan 12, 2023

Amazon workers reject union bid in upstate New York

Warehouse workers near Albany, New York, cast 406 votes — or about 66% — against the union, giving the company enough support to push back the labor group.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 18, 2022

Blow to Amazon union drive as New York workers reject latest bid

Warehouse workers near Albany vote against forming a union by nearly two to one margin

The Guardian - US · Oct 18, 2022