Amazon workers to form their first union in New York

This Friday, the workers of a plant of amazon located in New Yorkvoted in favor of the creation of the first union of the technological giant in United States. This was confirmed by one of its union leaders and local media.

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“We have worked, we have had fun and we have made history. I welcome the first Amazon union in the United States”, wrote the union leader Christian Smallson his Twitter account.

@amazon wanted to make me the face of the whole unionizing efforts against them…. welcome there you go! @JeffBezos @DavidZapolsky CONGRATULATIONS ???? @amazonlabor We worked had fun and made History ‼️✊???? #ALU # ALUfortheWin welcome the 1st union in America for Amazon ????????????????

— Christian Smalls (@Shut_downAmazon) April 1, 2022

According to several local media, after two days counting the votes of the employees, more than 50% of the workers at the JFK8 plant, located in the New York district of Staten Island, voted in favor of unionizing, although the results have yet to be confirmed by the National Labor Relations Board.

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In total, 2,654 employees were in favor of organizing, compared to 2,131 who were against.

After months of struggle, the around 6,000 employees of these facilities have gone ahead of other colleagues in the country, who have also risen up against Amazon’s management to demand job improvements.

The company has been opposed to unionizing its workers from the start, even plastering the JFK8 facilities with posters asking workers to vote “no.”

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Amazon also launched a website to try to turn employees against the idea of ​​unionizing, stressing that the union is “an outside group” which represents even “those who don’t vote” in favor.

Regarding the Amazon Labor Union, created by Smalls, who was fired in March 2020, the company stresses that “he has not got experience”what “has never negotiated a union agreement” and that “has never managed the millions of dollars that he will receive from the salaries” of the company’s employees.

It’s official‼️Amazon Labor Union is the first Amazon union in US HISTORY‼️POWER TO THE PEOPLE! #UnionStrong #ALUfortheWin

— Amazon Labor Union (@amazonlabor) April 1, 2022

Like other large companies opposed to any type of union organization, Amazon has emphasized that it is supposedly better to maintain direct communication between the company and the worker than through third parties.

Smalls was fired by management for organizing a strike to denounce the lack of protection for workers following the outbreak of COVID-19when he worked as a supervisor in the distribution center.

According to the company, Smalls did not follow safety protocols by showing up at the facility despite being asked to self-quarantine after being exposed to the virus. coronavirus.

Parallel to the Staten Island plant, workers at a facility in Bessemer, Alabama, have also been trying to add their voice for months.

In a recent vote, 993 workers were against and 875 in favor, but there are still 416 ballots to count, whose legality has been questioned, in some cases by the company and in others by the workers’ representatives.

Source: Elcomercio

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