The National Labor Relations Board confirmed Monday that lawyers representing Amazon have submitted more evidence to support the company’s case against the Amazon Labor Union, which won a landmark election at a warehouse in Staten Island, New York, last month.
The tech giant is asking the board to throw out the results of the vote, which was decisively in favor of unionizing — 2,654 of 4,785 ballots counted at the JFK8 warehouse were in support of the union. Amazon alleges that the union, as well as the NLRB itself, improperly interfered with the election by violating a variety of rules.
Some experts in U.S. labor law said the company’s objections, which were outlined in an earlier filing, appeared to have little chance of success. But they could still cause headaches and delays for union organizers just as another election is starting. Employees at LJD5, a separate Amazon facility in Staten Island, began voting Monday on whether to join the union.
“There is a huge incentive for Amazon to delay and delay and delay, to do anything to slow down the process,” said John Logan, a labor studies professor at San Francisco State University. “They hope the workers will get discouraged.”
The objections are just the start of what is likely to be years of battles between the union and Amazon before they agree on a first contract. The union is seeking higher wages, longer breaks and other improvements. Amazon, which has said it prefers a “direct relationship with associates,” has a ...
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