For the first time in Amazon’s history, a group of the company’s U.S. warehouse workers voted to form a union, delivering a landmark victory for the labor movement and a setback for the tech giant after years of successfully resisting organized labor in its domestic operations.
In results issued Friday morning, employees at an Amazon warehouse facility in Staten Island, N.Y., voted 2,654 to 2,131 to join the Amazon Labor Union, an organization led by a former employee who was fired after leading a walkout over COVID-19 work conditions at the facility.
The final ballots were counted by the National Labor Relations Board regional office in Brooklyn, which said 8,325 workers were eligible to vote. There were 4,852 ballots counted and only 67 of those ballots were challenged. There were 17 void ballots.
“Challenges are not sufficient in number to affect the results of the election,” an NLRB official said during the tally reading.
The results of the count will not be certified until the NLRB processes any objections the parties may file. They have until April 8.
“We’re disappointed with the outcome of the election in Staten Island because we believe having a direct relationship with the company is best for our employees,” Amazon said in a statement. “We’re evaluating our options, including filing objections based on the inappropriate and undue influence by the NLRB that we and others (including the National Retail Federation and U.S. Chamber of Commerce) witnessed in this...
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