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Amazon, union face off in a rematch election in New York

Amazon and the nascent group that successfully organized the company’s first-ever U.S. union drive are headed for a rematch Monday

The Independent UK

Bernie Sanders, AOC rally Amazon workers

If Jeff Bezos can afford a $500 million yacht, Sanders said, he can afford to pay living wages

Salon

‘If we can do it, everybody can’: How the Amazon Labor Union is starting a movement

The upstart union took on the retail giant and won. Organisers, labor groups, Bernie Sanders and AOC hope there’s more to come, Alex Woodward reports from Staten Island

The Independent UK

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Amazon labor organizers push for second union victory in New York

About 1,500 eligible workers at LDJ5 sorting center on Staten Island vote in union ballot, after recent success at JFK8 warehouse

The Guardian - US

Ocasio-Cortez to unionized Amazon workers: victory is ‘just the beginning’

Democratic congresswoman joins Bernie Sanders in Staten Island and says workers’ successful effort was ‘first domino to fall’

The Guardian - US

Amazon union could face a tough road ahead after victory

In the aftermath of their hard-won labor victory, Amazon workers in the New York City borough of Staten Island popped Champagne, cheered their victory and danced in celebration

The Independent UK

Amazon Faces Activism Over Workplace Safety

A group of New York City and state pension funds owning over $5.3 billion of Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) stock or ~0.3% of the company's market value urged fellow shareholders to vote against the re-election of two board members, the Wall Street Journal reports. New York City's pension fund paired up with New York…

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Amazon must reinstate warehouse worker fired after Staten Island protest, judge rules

Amazon said it will appeal the decision, which found it acted "unlawfully."

Axios

Kim Kardashian reveals she’s been on dates in Staten Island with Pete Davidson: ‘An amazing place’

‘Staten Island has surprisingly been so low-key for us’

The Independent UK

Wave of union victories suggests union-busting consultants may have lost their sway

Challenging anti-union rhetoric and pro-union attitudes of younger workers are undermining highly paid consultants

The Guardian - US

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

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.

Benzinga

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…

The Independent UK

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

Mic

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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Axios

Amazon workers' union victory is turbocharging a new labor movement

Other big companies fear they'll be next.

Salon

Workers used Amazon's tactics against it

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

The Independent UK

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

Daily Mirror

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

The Guardian - US

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

Tribune News Service

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.”

The Guardian - US

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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