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• Workers at a Seattle Amazon Fresh grocery launched the first union push at an Amazon retail store.
• A wave of labor activism is sweeping Amazon, including at three US warehouses with union drives.
• The Amazon grocery workers are asking for higher wages and a more flexible attendance policy.

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Workers behind the first union push at an Amazon retail store have asked management for higher pay, a more flexible attendance policy, longer breaks, and other benefits, according to an email shared with Insider.

They are also calling on a federal labor board to investigate whether Amazon violated labor law by removing pro-union literature from a break room and disciplining the employee who put it there.

The Fresh grocery store in Amazon's hometown of Seattle is the latest part of the company's empire to experience labor activism. Three US Amazon warehouses are in the midst of unionization campaigns, with votes at warehouses in Alabama and New York scheduled to conclude at the end of this month. Last June, the Teamsters...

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