In today’s News and Commentary, the NLRB says Amazon failed to bargain with Teamsters union, Harvard graduate workers authorize strike, and states move to preempt local employment law as a means of advancing President Trump’s agenda.
On Wednesday, the NLRB issued a decision finding that Amazon Services, Inc. failed in its duty to bargain in good faith with the Amazon Labor Union Local 1, an affiliate of the International Brother of Teamsters, at the JFK8 warehouse. This decision sets the stage for Amazon to challenge the ALU’s original 2022 victory in the courts. (The NLRA does not provide an avenue for direct judicial review of a union election, so when a party wishes to challenge a union’s certification, a common practice is to refuse to bargain and challenge the unfair labor practice in the court of appeals). Though Amazon has not filed this request for review, they have indicated their intention to do so: Amazon spokesperson Eileen Hands said “We’re confident an unbiased court will overturn the original certification, and we look forward to the opportunity for our team to fairly voice their opinions.”
With almost 96% ‘Yes’ votes and 79% voter turn-out, over three quarters of Harvard Graduate Students Union, UAW Local 5118, voted in favor of authorizing a strike, after a months-long bargaining process. This amounts to even greater support than the 92% of the bargaining unit that supported the last strike authorization vote in 2021, which preceded a three-day strike. It...
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