Organizers say unionizing a second Amazon warehouse on Staten Island presented unique challenges. Amazon was able to flood the facility with consultants and pull workers aside for one-on-one meetings in a way that wasn’t possible at the larger facility.
Amazon's none-too-subtle messaging, encouraging workers to reject the unionThe effort to unionize a second warehouse at Amazon’s Staten Island campus has failed, according to a preliminary vote count by the National Labor Relations Board.
Outside the National Labor Relations Board offices in Downtown Brooklyn, union supporters watched as no-votes outpaced union supporters throughout the afternoon. While the LDJ5 had about a fifth of the workers than JFK8, the campaign presented unique challenges, according to union organizers. Amazon was able to flood the facility with anti-union consultants and pull them aside for one-on-one meetings in a way that wasn’t possible at the larger facility.out for months and stall any contact negotiations for the recently formed union.
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