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The Guardian view on Amazon’s first American union: inspiration from New York

Editorial: A famous victory for the tech giant’s employees in Staten Island can be a catalyst for change

The Guardian - UK · Apr 12, 2022

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 · Apr 12, 2022

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 · Apr 12, 2022

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.

Mic · Apr 6, 2022

Amazon workers' union victory is turbocharging a new labor movement

Other big companies fear they'll be next.

Axios · Apr 6, 2022

Workers used Amazon's tactics against it

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

Salon · Apr 5, 2022

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 · Apr 5, 2022

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 · Apr 4, 2022

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 · Apr 4, 2022

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 · Apr 4, 2022