{"id":1416074,"date":"2022-04-02T11:44:39","date_gmt":"2022-04-02T15:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1416074"},"modified":"2022-04-02T11:44:43","modified_gmt":"2022-04-02T15:44:43","slug":"amazon-workers-in-staten-island-vote-to-form-companys-first-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amazon-workers-in-staten-island-vote-to-form-companys-first-union\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Workers in Staten Island Vote to Form Company&#039;s First Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Famazon-workers-in-staten-island-vote-to-form-companys-first-union%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1416074&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Amazon workers at a warehouse in Staten Island, New York, have voted to unionize. The decision, made by more than 2,500 workers, is a first for Amazon.<\/p>\n<p>The vote was 2,654 in favor of the union, and 2,131 against, with ballots being cast in person\u00a0over a five day period, starting last Friday, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/amazon-workers-in-new-york-vote-to-unionize-in-us-first\/\">report<\/a> by AFP.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_15642034\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/02\/JCNAmazon1.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by KENA BETANCUR\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_15128862\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Amazon-Packages.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15128862\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Amazon-Packages.jpg\" alt=\"An employee carries a package at the distribution center of US online retail giant Amazon in Moenchengladbach, on December 17, 2019. (Photo by INA FASSBENDER \/ AFP) (Photo by INA FASSBENDER\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by INA FASSBENDER\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The workers \u2014 who package items for customer orders \u2014 will now be represented by\u00a0a union started by Christian Smalls, an ex-employee who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/amazon-faces-rising-union-push-in-united-states\/\">fired<\/a> from Amazon in March 2020 after organizing a protest for personal protective equipment amid the first outbreak of the Chinese coronavirus in New York.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>After being fired, Smalls <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/amazon-workers-on-staten-island-make-history-secure-votes-for-union\/\">started<\/a> the Amazon Labor Union (ALU).<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, Smalls <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/health\/2020\/05\/01\/exclusive-amazon-warehouse-whistleblower-fired-by-bezos-management-told-me-not-to-tell-the-employees-of-a-coronavirus-outbreak\/\">told<\/a> Breitbart News that\u00a0Amazon hid information about a coronavirus outbreak from employees at one of its distribution centers in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the beginning of March, we were unprotected,\u201d the\u00a0ex-Amazon employee said at the time. \u201cWe didn\u2019t have any facial masks, we didn\u2019t have any cleaning supplies. We didn\u2019t have the right type of gloves that protect our skin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy associates, my employees that I supervised were falling ill in a domino effect, one by one [with] flu-like symptoms,\u201d he added. \u201cSome of them were even vomiting at their stations. It was very alarming to me. I started to raise my concerns to my local HR department.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the State of New York <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2021\/02\/17\/new-york-sues-amazon-over-flagrant-disregard-for-coronavirus-safety\/\">filed a lawsuit<\/a> against Amazon alleging that the tech giant showed a \u201cflagrant disregard\u201d for safety in response to the coronavirus pandemic, and that the company retaliated against its employees who complained.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Amazon warehouse workers\u00a0across 20 cities <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2021\/03\/30\/nlrb-complaints-by-amazon-warehouse-workers-are-piling-up\/\">filed at least 37 complaints<\/a> with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) since February 2020, accusing the company of retaliation against employees who attempt to organize or form a union.<\/p>\n<p><em>You can follow Alana\u00a0Mastrangelo on\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ARmastrangelo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and Twitter at\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ARmastrangelo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@ARmastrangelo<\/a>, and on\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alanamastrangelo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon workers at a warehouse in Staten Island, New York, have voted to unionize. 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