Amazon has filed numerous objections to invalidate a vote to unionize one of its warehouses, JFK8 in Staten Island, N.Y.—objections that will be aired at a hearing starting May 23 and that could take weeks to resolve. We've gathered articles on the news from SHRM Online and other media outlets.
Election Result Might Be Overturned
Amazon has accused the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB's) Brooklyn, N.Y., office of supporting the union drive and alleged that union organizers intimidated workers to vote in their favor. Amazon has secured the case's transfer to the NLRB's Phoenix region. That office's director said that Amazon's claims "could be grounds for overturning the election." The Amazon Labor Union has said Amazon's objections have no merit and are stalling the union's certification.
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'Extremely Significant' Win
The union's success at JFK8 "is indeed extremely significant," said Dan Altchek, an attorney with Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr in Baltimore and New York City.
Of the approximately 8,000 employees at Staten Island's JFK8 Amazon warehouse who were eligible to vote, more than 5,000 cast ballots, he noted.
"A victory for the union among a group that large cannot be dismissed as inconsequential," Altchek said. "Other Amazon employees have seen that an organizing drive—one without financial or other material support from any established labor union, it appears—can withstand a campaign by the employer with virtually unlimited resources. This could...
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