US labor authorities have filed a complaint accusing e-commerce giant Amazon of using threats and surveillance against its workers trying to organize a union at a factory. warehouse in New York City.
Amazon The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) argued in its Staten Island complaint, promising to resolve grievances in exchange for voting against representation.
The question is whether the workers could be the first to unify an Amazon warehouse in the United States.
The NLRB’s complaint alleges the company “repeatedly broke the law by threatening, surveying, and questioning its Staten Island warehouse workers who were engaged in a union organizing campaign.” “
The board asked a judge, with a hearing scheduled for April 5, to order Amazon to educate workers as well as managers about employee rights when it comes to co-opting.
Amazon has denied the allegations, saying they “are untrue and we look forward to showing that through this process.”
Confederate documents were allegedly removed from break rooms and “seized” from several employees, according to the filing.
The NLRB found that enough employees at the Staten Island warehouse supported the union’s attempt to justify a vote, with next steps to be discussed at the February 16 hearing.
A campaign to form what could well be the first coalition at an Amazon warehouse in the United States continues next month with a rematch vote in Bessemer, Alabama.
A closely watched vote last year in Bessemer ended in defeat for the organizers, who accused Amazon of breaking the rules and were granted a rein on appeal.
The NLRB will send out ballots on February 4, with the counting of votes set for March 28.
The small-town Bessemer vote drew media attention as it struggled with employee advocates – artists, Democratic and Republican lawmakers and even President Joe Biden – against Amazon.
