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Workers at an Amazon facility in New York rejected a unionization campaign.
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Workers at an Amazon facility in New York rejected a unionization campaign.
Workers at an Amazon sorting center in New York began voting Monday on whether to join the Amazon Labor Union.
"We are witnessing a revolution," Christian Smalls, president of Amazon Labor Union, said a week after the election at the JFK8 warehouse.
Amazon told a federal agency it will file "substantial" objections to last week's worker election in New York that established the company's first union.
President Joe Biden sang praises for organized labor once again, hailing last week's triumph by union backers at Amazon.
Starbucks Howard Schultz announced Monday he will suspend a share repurchase program.
Employees at the Staten Island JFK8 warehouse voted 2,654 to 2,131 in support of the unionizing drive, according to a tally of ballots.
Amazon narrowly led in an effort to prevent unionization in Alabama, according to preliminary results.
Lauded by President Joe Biden and bolstered by recent triumphs at Starbucks, the US labor movement has had reasons to cheer.
The e-commerce behemoth, one of the biggest employers in the United States, so far has kept itself union-free in its home market.