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Amazon Workers At Massive NY Facility Become Company's First Unionized Warehouse Amazon Workers At Massive NY Facility Become Company's First Unionized Warehouse
Amazon Workers At Massive NY Facility Become Company's First Unionized Warehouse Workers at an Amazon warehouse in New York have made history in becoming the first in the company’s history to successfully form a union. In Staten Island, voters from the JFK8 fulfillment center easily voted to approve the measure, with the Amazon Labor Union winning 2,654 yes votes versus 2,131 no votes for the company. It represents the first group of Amazon employees to unionize in the company’s history - something Amazon has valiantly fought to avoid - though it may still look to overturn the result. Amazon has until Friday, April 8 to dispute the results of the vote. “(Amazon) wante…

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by Zak Failla
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Major NY Tech Company Founder Who Flew Flight With Shatner One Of Two Killed In NJ Plane Crash Major NY Tech Company Founder Who Flew Flight With Shatner One Of Two Killed In NJ Plane Crash
Major NY Tech Company Founder Who Flew Flight With Shatner One Of Two Killed In NJ Plane Crash A major New York tech company founder who blasted into space with actor William Shatner last month was aboard a small plane that crashed in New Jersey, killing him and a local flight instructor, authorities confirmed Friday, Nov 12. Glen M. De Vries, age 49, of New York City, and Thomas P. Fischer, age 54, of Hopatcong, New Jersey, were both aboard the single-engine Cessna 172 that crashed in a wooded area of a state park near Lake Kemah around 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11, according to New Jersey State Police spokeswoman Brandi Slota and the FAA. The plane had been reported missing nearly an …

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by Cecilia Levine & Jerry DeMarco